6:38pm Saturday 23rd January 2010
By Chris Phillips
BLUES boss Steve Tilson felt his side should have killed the game off with the chances they created against Wycombe Wanderers this afternoon.
Alan McCormack headed Southend United into the lead at Roots Hall but the Shrimpers were eventually forced to settle for a 1-1 draw.
And that frustrated Tilson.
"Once we have gone ahead, we should have killed the game off," said the 43-year-old.
"We had two fantastic chances to get the three points, with Francis Laurent missing from four yards and then Matty Paterson wasting an opportunity too.
“But after Wycombe scored I thought we 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 could have been about 4-4.”
The result pushes Southend back up to 13th in the table, four points above the relegation zone.
And Tilson is now expecting a tricky end to the campaign without his star striker Lee Barnard who has now signed for Southampton.
"It is going to be a difficult season for us and as a squad we need to work hard for each other,” he said.
"There is not a lot of money to get players and everyone at the club has to stick together.”
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