Steve Tilson was pleased to see Southend book their place in the third round of the FA Cup, even though he admitted that they made work of beating Luton Town 3-1 on Saturday.

The Blues chief felt that the team should have been out of sight by the time Luton drew level from a rare attack 10 minutes from the end, but was delighted with the reaction shown.

Tilson also reserved praise for the performance of Junior Stanislas, who impressed on his Southend debut with a goal in each half at Roots Hall.

"We should have been out of sight by the time Luton scored," Steve told Blues World.

"I was worrying a bit and you start to think, 'here we go again'.

"But thankfully, we reacted well and I thought it was a decent performance from us.

"There are still a few things to tinker with though and we should certainly have won the game by more goals.

"You look at the results in the FA Cup with Barrow beating Brentford on Friday night and Eastwood Town knocking out Wycombe and that goes to show what can happen in the cup.

"The main thing for us was to make sure we got through to the third round.

"I thought Junior Stanislas did well on his debut and scored two good goals.

"He is an exciting player and it was a big plus for us to have him here today.

"I'm not sure if I want to draw a smaller side at home to give us a better chance of reaching the fourth round or draw a big side away.

"Of course, getting Manchester United away is the one everyone wants."