Steve Tilson felt Southend United's 1-1 draw at home to Wycombe Wanderers could have finished 4-4, but he was disappointed with the way his side left themselves open at the back.

Southend had the chances to take a commanding lead after the break, but having opened the scoring through Alan McCormack, Tilson thought the team looked too nervous and was upset at the lack of desire in trying to win the ball back.

"Once we have gone ahead, we should have killed the game off," Steve told Blues Player.

"We had two fantastic chances to get the three points, with Francis Laurent missing from four yards when he has to score and Matty Paterson will be disappointed not to do better.

"It was difficult for Matty today, as he hasn't trained with us and didn't know the players names.

"It was a great strike by Josh Payne to get Wycombe back in the game and we then looked nervous.

"In trying to win the game, we kept getting caught on the counter attack and that was disappointing.

"We were too loose and too many players did not have the desire to make it difficult for Wycombe to break us down.

"In truth, Wycombe missed as many chances as we did and the game should have been about 4-4.

"We can't be that open when we are trying to win a game.

"It is going to be a difficult season for us and as a squad we need to work hard for each other.

"There is not a lot of money to get players and everyone at the club has to stick together.

"We now go to Millwall on Tuesday night, which is not going to be easy, but if we play as well as we did at Leyton Orient and Huddersfield Town, there is no reason why we can't get a result."