Saturday 20 October 2012 14:07, UK
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers admits he is grateful that fans have not turned on his under-performing side at home.
Rodgers looks back on his time with the Royals fondly, even taking into account the six months from the summer of 2009 when he won just six of 23 games and departed before the year ended. He added: "Reading are an excellent club. I first went to them when I was 13 and they played a big part of my life. "I was fortunate to get the managerial job but it did not quite work out how I would have wished. But I learned from the experience and ultimately that will pave the way for me. "It proved to be a difficult six months, especially with what I was trying to implement which was always going to need that bit of extra time. "But I came away from that and learned from the experience and reflected upon it. It prepared me going forward and I was able to take those things into the rest of my career. "It allowed me to be much more clinical in my work when I arrived at Swansea, and thankfully it's gone quite well from there."
