PAUL INCE: ‘THINGS NEED TO CHANGE AND THEY WILL CHANGE’

READING FC interim manager Paul Ince believes the club need to ‘build a culture’ after they were beaten in their final home game of the season.

Karlan Grant scored the only goal of the game to give West

Brom three points at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.

Ince is set for talks with the Reading hierarchy to decide whether he is to stay as the club’s manager on a permanent basis next season.

“The club has to agree on the same path I do with structure,” said Ince.

“Next year will be tough with the embargo and all the players out of contract.

“There’s a lot of work in the summer before pre-season starts.

“Things have to be put into plan quickly.

“We all want the same thing, it’s just how we’re going to get there. We all have one common goal.

“We’re trying to build a culture and it will take a while.

“Things need to change and they will change. We will sit down and have a conversation (him and the owners) next week.”

Despite facing some tough challenges during his few months in charge, Ince is pleased with the accomplishment of keeping the Royals in the Championship

He continued: “It’s been great working with the players, they’ve given me everything.

“To get the chance to back into management is great, at a club like this.

It’s hard to see if any of the eight will be here next season. Players need to know what they’re doing. The club needs to know who is going to be the manager, the fans need to know who is going to be the manager and I can’t make decisions on players if I’m not going to be here myself.

“It was challenging and we’ve achieved that challenge. Now we’ll see what happens next week. “The objective was to keep this team in the league and that’s what we’ve done and we have to look at areas where we can take the club forward.”

Reflecting on the game, Ince was disappointed to lose in the final home match.

“For the final game at home in front of a fantastic crowd, you want to try and get a result for them.

“It was a mistake that gave them three points.

“We had good chances in the first-half and a mistake cost us.”