The Canaries stretched their unbeaten league run to four games with a weekend point at Reading and Hughton is delighted with the positive response to early adversity following a heavy opening day reverse at Fulham. "On that first day, I think we got a lot of things wrong. It was a bit of a surprise for us," he said. "We had had a decent pre-season and we'd looked quite solid without scoring the goals we would have liked. We didn't see that coming, I must admit. "But I was encouraged straight after that. We had four games after that which were very encouraging, so I know it's there. You can only deal with what's put in front of you and I've been fortunate that I've got a good group of players. I've also brought in a good group of players and at the moment we've got some really good competition for places. On a lot of occasions, a second season is the toughest season. But that's what the challenge is. I think the previous manager before me would have felt the same, that it was going to be a real tough season." Hughton's squad have gone back to basics after a fourth clean sheet of the campaign at the Madejski, but the City boss insisted he did not inherit the rump of a squad with defensive vulnerability. "No, the videos that I saw of last season were of a team that finished in 12th and won enough games and got