DAGENHAM striker Ben Strevens believes that his side's back to back victories will count for little in the fight for League two survival, if they fail to follow it up.

Defeats of Chester and Grimsby in the space of five days is testament that the east Londoners may just be on the verge of turning their struggling season around.

But Strevens warned they need to keep that consistency going - particularly at Victoria Road - if they are to avoid an immediate return to the Conference.

He said: "It's no good winning a couple of games and not following it up - we need to start stringing a run together to really move away from the bottom.

"We didn't expect to be in this position at the start of the season, we didn't expect to be in a relegation dogfight - but that is where we find ourselves and we've got some hard work to do to get out of it.

"What's really going to help us, and the other clubs at the bottom, is the home form, which we need to improve.

"It's hard to put your finger on why it hasn't quite happened for us at home this season, partiularly after last year, but we'll be looking to put it right."

Daggers will have that chance on Saturday when they host play-off chasing Morecambe, and Strevens (pictured) added: "We played them not too long ago and we did well that day.

"Although we lost 1-0, we had the best of the chances so we've got belief going into the game.

"If we can play with the same tempo that we did against Chester, then we give ourselves a chance of picking up some points."

Although recent results have not moved Daggers out of trouble - they are just three points above the drop zone - Strevens feels that the performances, as much as the results, can be the psyhcological impetus to take the team forward in the remainder of the season.

"After a shaky period we've managed to put in a couple of good performances back to back and got two fantastic results," he said.

"It has really given everyone at the club a massive lift and just what we needed at an important time of the season.

"That confidence is going to be crucial between now and the end of the season.

"While it hasn't got us out of it yet, it might also have made one or two teams a bit more wary of us."

Ten goals scored from their last two outings will also go some way to showing their opponents that they mean business.

Boss John Still had previously complained about his side's lack of killer instinct in front of goal, but Strevens is hopeful that the emphatic nature of Daggers' recent wins could signal a marked improvement in the attacking third.

He said: "In the last two game we've scored ten goals - I doubt if that is going to be a weekly occurance but it would be nice to keep some sort of form going in front of goal.

"The way we play, since Christmas last season really, means that we always create chances but perhaps we haven't been clinicial enough in front of goal.

"It is obvious that we have needed to improve in the final third and the last two games we have done that."

Strevens for one, is certainly attempting to rectify his side's lack of nerve in front of the net.

The 27-year-old has notched 15 goals this season - including four in his last three games - and himself admits that he is happy with his own form.

"I was doing Ok at the start of the season but the last two or three months have gone really well," he said.

"But that is not just down to me, the lads are giving me chances. It also helps that the team is doing well and picking things up."