Pools played well in the second half but slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Millwall on Saturday, undoing all of their good work in the 4-1 home win against Carlisle.

Southend arrive at Victoria Park on Saturday, and Behan is hoping for a positive result.

He told the club's official website: "Every game we play now is crucial - we are at that stage in the season, we have 13 games left now and if we don't get a good few wins from that, then we'll find ourselves in a position that we don't rightfully deserve to be in.

"Now we are playing those teams in and around us and we have to start picking up the points that we deserve now."

Source: Team Talk