The goalless draw left home fans continuing their calls for Bryan Robson to be sacked.
"This wasn't a game where you could play football because the pitch was not conducive to that, so it was all about set-plays and the like," Adkins declared.
"My lads crawled off the pitch at the end. They have given their all for each other.
Adkins did not want to comment on Rob Style's decision to send Grant McCann for an early bath just ten minutes into the game.
"I don't want to comment on the sending-off until I've seen it on video, but there are people in both dressing rooms who feel that Grant was unlucky," he said.
"We had to adapt, but we looked organised and a cohesive unit."