Reid Pleased With Winning Start

The new Sky Blues boss also paid tribute to departing boss Eric Black after the 2-1 win over Iain Dowies side.

"The players were terrific and played some good football. I told them to go out and enjoy it because Palace are probably on the best run in the division.

"And to be fair to the players they did just that. A lot of credit has to go to Eric Black because that was the same team that went out and beat Gillingham last week.

"There are some talented players here but we might need to add a bit of strength in the summer because it is a long hard season in this division and we might need to grind out a few results.

"The players have set a standard for me, but I will do some wheeling and dealing over the summer to try and add to what we already have. I can be quite persuasive with people."

Coventry City 2  Crystal Palace 1  Konjic 4 Doyle 27   Freedman 64
Starting line-up Sub'd Shearer     Konjic     Davenport     Deloumeaux     Doyle     Warnock     1 (90) Safri     Gudjonsson     Barrett     2 (78) Morrell     3 (72) McSheffrey     Substitutes Sub'd Giddings     1 (90) Jorgensen     2 (78) Shaw     3 (72) Brush     Whing	Competition Nationwide League Division One Sunday 9th May 2004 Match Statistics 10 Goal Attempts 6 6 On target 2 4 Off target 4 0 Woodwork 0 8 Corners 5 22 Fouls 14 6 Offside 1 Cards shown    Popovic (36) unsporting behaviour    Routledge (43) unsporting behaviour    Morrell (55) unsporting behaviour    Hughes (68) unsporting behaviour    McSheffrey (90) unsporting behaviour Referee Butler, A Nottinghamshire Attendance	Starting line-up Sub'd Vaesen     Granville     Popovic     Butterfield     Leigertwood     1 (59) Gray     Hughes     Riihilahti     2 (59) Routledge     Johnson     Shipperley     3 (83) Substitutes Sub'd Freedman     1 (59) Derry     2 (59) Black     3 (83) Borrowdale     Berthelin