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SECOND-CHOICE goalkeeper Clayton Ince is set for crisis talks with manager Micky Adams to discuss his future at Coventry City.


The Trinidad and Tobago international is desperate to play against England in the World Cup , but he knows he needs to be playing first team football to have any chance of going to Germany next summer.

And after featuring in just one league game so far this season, the 29-year-old admits he has got to look at getting away from the club if he is not in the Sky Blues' plans.

"I am very disappointed about not playing for Coventry right now," said Ince.

"The manager has his reasons and I have to sit down and talk with him to see whether or not I have an opportunity here or whether I have to go out and find somewhere to play.

"I want to play football and I need to be playing games so that I can have a chance of going to Germany. So I need to find out what the manager's decision is.

"If he doesn't want me to play then I need to play at some level, so I will maybe ask for a loan to get me out and playing games."

Ince is particularly disappointed that he wasn't given more than one senior game to prove himself when Stephen Bywater was recalled to West Ham and then Marton Fulop drafted in from Spurs

"I have only had one start at Coventry and for me it wasn't that disappointing a performance," he said recalling the 2-1 defeat at Leicester City, "but I was disappointed that the manager brought in someone else to take my position. I think that had I been given a good run I could have done better.

"So I thought it was pretty harsh of the manager to just give me one game before deciding whether or not to bring in someone else, so I need to talk with him and let him know that one game wasn't good enough to analyse anyone. And if he doesn't see me in his plans then I need to go somewhere else."

As for the World Cup draw, Ince is under no illusions to the task his tiny nation faces but insists they are not there to make up the numbers.

"Once you get into the World Cup draw you have the chance of getting any superior team and unfortunately we have got England," he said.

"But we just have to go there and play football. It is a strange game sometimes and any team can win on their day.

"It will be a huge occasion for Trinidad and Tobago and we don't want to disappoint our country. We will be going there and trying to put our best foot forward and looking at our own performance to ensure that we don't get embarrassed, and don't let our country and families down.

"We also want to enjoy it and we are certainly not just going to make up the numbers. As long as we give a good account of ourselves it will be good for the country."