PAUL Trollope is urging his Bristol Rovers players to prove they have put their Memorial Stadium jitters firmly behind them as they bid for their third home win in a row against Southend United tomorrow.

Only a fortnight ago, the Pirates had a dismal record of just one win from their last 14 outings at the Memorial Stadium.

But back-to-back home triumphs against Leyton Orient and Oldham have dispelled the gloom and Trollope believes his side will face the Shrimpers tomorrow with their confidence renewed by a six-game unbeaten run.

"You could see that sometimes at home confidence was lacking and there was a bit of anxiety, but hopefully we are through that stage now," said Bristol Rovers boss Trollope.

"Confidence is now showing in people's individual performances and collectively things are improving.

"We were disappointed with so many draws last season and as it wore on, the atmosphere around the whole ground wasn't what it should be.

"We started this season by losing at home to Carlisle and also had a disappointing result against Walsall, so to turn it around has been good.

"Our home form will determine our season because we feel we have players and a method to get results away from home, which has already been proved.

"The issue is making sure our home form is right because if we can continue how we have been playing in the last few games, we can really make it a difficult place to come."

After their impressive 2-0 victory over the Latics in midweek, Trollope hopes Bristol Rovers can maintain their form against another top six side this weekend.

"We disappointed ourselves earlier in the season against teams we were expected to beat, and that is sometimes the way," he admitted.

"But our level was raised against Oldham because they really attacked us and I think that helped us. Hopefully Southend will do the same.

"They didn't start the season brilliantly but have had some good results since and are up there in the final play-off spot.

"They've had some good wins recently, so this is another test for us.

"There was a good tempo to the game on Tuesday. We produced some good attacking play, defended well when we had to, got a little slice of luck when we needed it and it was a good win. We want more of the same.

"We don't want to sit back and think we can just turn up to reproduce it. We want to do it again and again.

"With the form we are in and the belief that has come back into us as a group, we are confident of winning."

Bristol Rovers are expected to field the same side that started against Oldham, although defender Ryan Green could be added to the bench after recovering from a recurrence of his hamstring injury.

"He has had a tough run of injuries and even though he is back training with the rest of the lads, it's important we continue his rehabilitation so there are no more recurrences," Bristol Rovers chief Trollope added.