MICHAEL Timlin inspired Southend United to a fourth successive League Two triumph but was left angered by sections of the Shrimpers’ support during their 2-0 win against Northampton Town at Roots Hall.

A Barry Corr penalty and another fine finish from David Worrall, after goalkeeper Jordan Archer had been dismissed for the Cobblers, secured all three points for Blues.

But Timlin, who impressed in the centre of the park, was frustrated by sections of the Southend faithful.

“We know the fans get frustrated at times but we don’t like to hear what they sometimes shout out at the players during games,” said Timlin, 29.

“They’re meant to be our fans and, while we aren’t always on top in games and we don’t always play our best, we do always work hard and give our all so we need them to stick with us and hopefully we can do something this year.”

The hard-fought win kept Southend fifth in the League Two table.

And they were able to come out on top, despite not being at their best.

“It certainly wasn’t pretty and we didn’t play as well as we should’ve done but we needed to get the result and we did,” said Timlin.

“We’ve now won all of our league games during November and it’s been a huge improvement on October and also the FA Cup defeat to Chester.

“We’re getting a good blend and good partnerships and we have a front four that will cause teams problems.

“It’s then up to the rest of us to make sure we don’t concede.”

But Timlin now wants the Shrimpers to impress on a consistent basis and not switch between contrasting runs of form.

Prior to the four game winning run, Blues had not triumphed in five.

And the experienced midfielder knows winless streaks cannot be afforded if promotion is to be achieved this season.

“The last two years when we’ve had a good run and then lost we’ve then gone on a really poor run which has proved costly,” said Timlin.

“It’s then hard to get out of that so we need to make sure we don’t do that this year.

“We’ve been going between good runs and bad and we need to be more consistent.

“But it’s a hard league and that’s shown by Northampton because they have been down the bottom most of the season but are actually a very good team.”

>The Echo was denied permission to talk to Barry Corr at the end of the game.