Reading cruised to a 3-1 win over Blackpool.

Here is every word from manager Paul Ince on the victory.

Ince on the pleasing aspects

There was a lot of them [pleasing aspect]. The way we passed the ball in the first half and the chances we created. We still start games slowy sometimes and Blackpool had a good chance before we clicked into our play, so we could’ve been one down. We looked good and created chances. We changed the formation, which we won’t do all the time but when you’re at home and our form is one of the best in the league. To be where we are is great. We didn’t kill the game off, and we had some really good chances to do that. I said at half-time we should have been two or three up and breath a bit easier. 1-0 is never a good scoreline. We’ve done it before, like Middlesbrough, where we sit deep. Psychologically you think how you can go from the first half playing good stuff and creating chances to defending deep and not getting on the ball. It happens and you can’t explain why. We never looked like we were under any pressure to concede. They had skirmishes, as you’d expect, but after the second goal I could breath and start looking forward to Middlesbrough.

Ince on the crowd

The atmosphere was good with all the kids, they can come all the time now because every time they come we win.

Ince on Yakou Meite

The second goal was very good. I thought Yak was outstanding on the right berth. He flies past people. He was back to his best, and once we got the penalty it was pretty comfortable. With Yak, it’s not just about going forward but defensively- especially in a 4-3-3. You need to get back and defend, which he did very well. You could see he was getting tired at the end, but if you get him one-versus-one he will cause anyone problems. I was really pleased with Yak because he hasn’t played for three or four weeks.

Ince on Cesare Casadei

I was really pleased with Ces [Casadei]. He came back in again. When you come from a different country, particularly Italy, the tempo was a lot different to Championship football. He needed a couple of weeks training to get into that tempo and you saw that today on the pitch. He’s getting there. You sit there and wish he was our player, but he has to go back to Chelsea. He did really well and will get better and better.

Ince on expectation

It was probably the first time I felt that the expectation was to win. That’s not something you associate with Reading. Sometimes when you play the bottom teams they can be the hardest games because everyone expects you to win. It doesn’t always work like that; they’re fighting for their lives. The fact that subconsciously we all knew that and still put in the performance that we did, I’m very pleased.

Ince on demanding a reaction

 I was really disappointed against Cardiff last week and it was about getting the bounce back. We’ve done it a few times this year where we’ve been poor and bounced back- today was one of those days. I’ve said to them that if you’re at it, you give yourselves a chance. Looking at today, we had four or five players out.

Ince on conceding late

It’s been a good day all round, apart from conceding right at the end which was disappointing because as much as you look at the goal scorers; Naby [Sarr], Dannsy and Joe [Lumley] are absolutely fuming in there because it’s a last-minute goal. The game could be 0-0 and you concede a goal like that. We conceded one at Sunderland, one at Cardiff and one today. You don’t want to start getting in a situation where we’re conceding late goals.