Brian Barry-Murphy previewed Saturday’s Sky Bet League One fixture against Reading by speaking to the press.
City head into the contest after a 4-3 win over Leyton Orient in our last league test.
"There’s a lot of key takeaways from the Leyton Orient game for me," Brian began. "I thought you saw signs of what we look like when we’re at our best, predominantly in the second half when we were really aggressive and played the game in a very intense, attacking manner.
"I don’t want to use the phrase ‘at our worst’ but when looked most vulnerable was in the first half when we were quite tentative and we didn’t play the game in the manner that we wanted.
"You saw one of the key phrases Craig [Bellamy] was using in the lead up to the game was about intensity for the Welsh team on Monday and that resonated a lot with me because to play the way that we want to do in this stadium in front of our supporters, the game has to be played in a manner that is supremely intense and supremely aggressive to show us in our best light.
"If we don’t reach those heights, then we’re not the team we want to be. The last two weeks has been a key part of reminding the players of what they’ve achieved in the early part of the season, and more importantly, how they’ve achieved it with their levels of intensity and how they’ve played the game in such an aggressive manner."
The Royals, whose head coach is former Republic of Ireland striker Noel Hunt, currently sit 21st in the table, but are unbeaten in their last four games, with their last three league fixtures all ending in 1-1 draws.
Brian continued: “I would have known Noel from an early age and he’s from close to where I’m from in Ireland so you always watch our for each other. There’s more and more Irish head coaches coming to this country, which is great for us.
"They’re a very big club in this division. I went to their game against Exeter City to watch it in person just to get a feel of the qualities they have.
"When we’re so busy and watching games on video, sometimes you can see different things, but you don’t quite get a feel of the quality of certain players and the intricacies of their play.
"I went to that game and you can see that their squad is full of players who have quality and have played at a higher level.
"They’re not where they’d want to be in the table currently, but being there gave me an insight into the talent they possess and what we’ll have to do to overcome it."

Ahead of Saturday, the City boss concluded with an injury update on his squad.
“Dylan [Lawlor] wasn’t available for Wales’ game against Belgium on Monday, based on a slight groin issue. He’s had it previously with us in recent weeks, so he’s not clear of that yet.
“We haven’t seen him train since, but hopefully he will partake in training this afternoon. At the moment, he is a doubt [for Saturday] based on the fact that we haven’t seen him train since he’s been away with Wales.
“He’s a very young player and he seems to be growing and developing physically. You will see him carrying niggles as he adjusts to the schedule he is being asked to partake in.
“He’s got a chance to play on Saturday. We hope he can be involved in training today and be available, but I’m not sure at this stage. Over the last few weeks, he has had niggles in his groin and during his time in the Academy, had injury history with his hamstring.
"Now he seems to be growing physically and his schedule is more demanding than ever, so there may be weeks where we have to manage him. We’re pushing him because we want him to be available; he’s such an important player.
“Gabe Osho and Chris Willock are in good condition, they’ve both trained all week. Cian Ashford was unavailable for the last game, he was back in training on Tuesday.
"The Wales U21 lads are back in training today, so we haven’t seen them yet. Alex [Robertson] is our last player to return, who is flying back as we speak. He’ll be back tomorrow so we’ll check up on him and asses the squad from Saturday.
"Ollie Tanner is having his boot removed this week, then he will start to become active. We said January all along, but the progress he is making is really good and he’s on track for that. If he comes back before then, it would be a huge boost for us all."