Saints 2 QPR 1 - Post Match

Scoreline flattered them. We need to be more clinical.

Take that you twitchy c*nt.

6 in a row, 6 in a row

Take that you twitchy c*nt.

Classy.

Good win, though.

Loved that Pelle winner!

6 in a row! Loving this

We made that far harder than need be. Poor first half. Generally poor final ball throughout but we still created lots and missed some pretty easy chances

2-1 was kind to them

Mane and Tadic were very good. But what a goal from Pelle

Take that Redknob!

Brilliant winner. Perhaps weren't at our best but that is the sort of game we would have lost in years gone by.

Great that we reacted instantly to their equaliser and came again. Important to win that sort of game, against an organised but very average qpr side.

2nd in the table, looking nice.

QPR put up more than a decent fight TBF, we will need to be a lot better than that to get anything at spurs! however who cares a win is a win!

Jeez. Wow. Delighted. QPR had a good go in spells, but Saints... wow, so happy to continually proven wrong by this team and the club.

Good result. Too nervous to post in the match thread. Pelle's winner looks a belter.

Pelle looks like a class act. Good hold up play, excellent in the air, seems to be fine with both feet and normally gets chances on target at least.

And todays goal was sheer class. If that was a Man Utd or Chelsea player the pundits would be cuming over the TV cameras.

Enjoyed that! QPR were a lot better than I expected, and not because we allowed them to be. That said 19 shots for Saints, 9 on target. On another day that game would have been 4-2

That was certainly wasn't as straight forward as i'd hoped, but what a winner from Pelle. Great win. COYR!!!

Yeah C'mon. Pelle looks such an utter nuisance, all the qualities of an old fashioned target man but has great skill as the goal showed. Can see him getting 20 goals at least this season.

QPR better than I thought they'd be, but still a well deserved win to keep the momentum going. One Judas ex-manager down, one to go next Sunday. Davis MOM.

Looking at the table I almost want Tottenham to get something at Arsenal tonight so we can maintain our 2 point gap over third.

Edit: thought about it for a millisecond; of course I don't.

Pelle looks like a class act. Good hold up play, excellent in the air, seems to be fine with both feet and normally gets chances on target at least.

 

And todays goal was sheer class. If that was a Man Utd or Chelsea player the pundits would be cuming over the TV cameras.

I 100% agree with this post.

Question for anyone coming back from the game - did the 'let's all have a meltdown' chant from Arsenal get started again? Loved that on Tuesday

I thought Mane played well, he is a real handfull

Great result, and to be fair QPR made us work for it in the 2nd half. No brainer for MOTM, got to be Pelle - his link up play was brilliant, and that goal to cap it off! Bertrand, Tadic and Clyne had great games too

oh and Mane!

A good win. We dominated the game but you always worry when that happens but we are not winning. Austin scored a great goal out of the blue but then Pelle scored an even better one. Good times. Ad Infinitum I hope..... please.

Come on mods ... poll please!!

Just heading back, one word review: dominant.

Don't you just love how we push? Both of our full backs were pushing whenever they could. Bertrand was quiet in the first half but he got himself in the right place for the first goal. Great to see!

Grinded out the win in the end. Great goal from Pelle. It's a shame Tadic could'nt score to seal the deal; 2 off the woodwork and 1 inches over. 6 in a row!

Mane and Pelle will be a real handful this season.

Pelle looks like a class act. Good hold up play, excellent in the air, seems to be fine with both feet and normally gets chances on target at least.

 

And todays goal was sheer class. If that was a Man Utd or Chelsea player the pundits would be cuming over the TV cameras.

Yep. Absolutely. Thought Big Vic was immense again though. Nothing gets through him. Nothing. Great performance.

Primarily, that was a banana skin avoided, so that is excellent.

The second half was a lot closer than I had expected, it was a bit scary, but all in all, we held together well and responded when needed..........But why so much attacking play in the final few minutes!? I was praying we would just keep the ball more!

And here's the goal of the season

http://www.joe.ie/football/football-news/vine-graziano-pelle-scores-the-goal-of-the-season-so-far-as-southampton-beat-qpr/?

Already watched it 50 times

Now I see that last season, rather than being the raging success we thought, we were clearly being held back.

Lovren's head was weighing us down. As soon as it went to Anfield, we rose up the table and Liverpool sank down. It's pure elementary school physics.

Also, how many people would swap Shaw for Bertrand? I won't!

And here's the goal of the season

 

http://www.joe.ie/football/football-news/vine-graziano-pelle-scores-the-goal-of-the-season-so-far-as-southampton-beat-qpr/?

 

Already watched it 50 times

Much better quality here: http://gfycat.com/ContentDifferentHen

Go watch that 50 times

Thought Big Vic was immense again though.

This. He would have gotten my MOM if Pelle hadn't have topped off a brilliant all round performance with goal of the season.

And here's the goal of the season

 

http://www.joe.ie/football/football-news/vine-graziano-pelle-scores-the-goal-of-the-season-so-far-as-southampton-beat-qpr/?

 

Already watched it 50 times

LOVE it!!!

Having also watched it 50times though, I wonder why he didn't pass it to the player running into position though. ;0

EDIT: Now that I see the better quality version, I see that it was Morgan running in, and that Pelle did the right thing after all!

Mane reminds me of a PL version of Michael Antonio

Also, how many people would swap Shaw for Bertrand? I won't!

Not to be a party pooper, but I think you're kidding yourself a bit here!

Not to be a party pooper, but I think you're kidding yourself a bit here!

I still think that having 30M is better than having Shaw. However, seeing how RK seems to be encouraging all players to have a pop at goal, i do wonder how much he might have improved luke, if we still had him.

I still think that having 30M is better than having Shaw. However, seeing how RK seems to be encouraging all players to have a pop at goal, i do wonder how much he might have improved luke, if we still had him.

Yes thats a good point

Actually thought QPR played well, we were just better.

Dominant and deserved win, though we did not kill it. Exactly the type of games we used to lose as someone already said.

Pelle MOTM for me, though Bertrand, Wanyama, Tadic and Davis also very good.

Mane, was influential for a player having just arrived and will cause many teams problems, though he will need to learn how to defend properly when we dont have the ball.

Thought Clyne had an off day, but maybe the early booking did not help.

Never really troubled in defence (Austins goal was just great skill) and we do have such strength in depth at CB.

Also, how many people would swap Shaw for Bertrand? I won't!

Sorry i'd still prefer Shaw, think he's going to get better and better. Bertrand is a decent replacement but older and not quite the same quality. Sadly united finally have been forced to play shaw, so that'll improve them.

Posting from pub! Great 3 points. 6 wins in a row.

Scrappy win which would have been comfortable had we taken a few of the good chances that we created. Tadic and long both should have scored.

Good performances from bertrand (outscoring shaw already), wanyama and fonte/toby patnership.

Tadic is such a clever player. We have found a real diamond. Once he finds his shooting boots he will be a real handful. Speaking of which, mane was a real threat again today. Once he cuts out the silly offsides he will scare the hell out of a few teams this season.

man of the match for me was pelle. Gave 2 good centre backs a hellish afternoon and scored a belter. Love him!

Apart from the miss i thought long did well when he came on. Quiet game for morgan and clyne by their standards. Davis hit the bar with a good effort and had a steady game. Again. Cork and targett came on to shore things up.

I thought qpr did well in the 2nd half. Kranjkar or however you spell the dirty f**king skate c**ts name, is a quality player and hoilett caused us problems when saggy put him on.

Hope they go down but think they'll be ok if they play like they did in the last half hour.

upwards and onwards.

happy days.

coys!

I still think that having 30M is better than having Shaw. However, seeing how RK seems to be encouraging all players to have a pop at goal, i do wonder how much he might have improved luke, if we still had him.

Shaw is better and younger, but not a LOT better. So to spent maybe 10m on Bertrand and have 20m profit is excellent business. Plus Bertrand is unlikely to be a target for the top clubs. He needs to stick with one club for a few years to come good, and it should be saints.

Bertrand 1 goal 1 assist in 8 games. Shaw 0 goals 0 assists in his saints career. Just sayin like.

Really REALLY wanted that win

Pelle battling with Morgan for Goal of the Month (Season?)

Could/should have been about 5-0, but we've got the three points anyway, bring on the next Judas.

Bertrand 1 goal 1 assist in 8 games. Shaw 0 goals 0 assists in his saints career. Just sayin like.

Which addresses my point about how Luke may have improved at least one aspect of his play under RK

, bring on the next Judas.

I'm far too old and wise to play the ex-player insult game.

But bring on the next Judas!

I think you could tell which team had just played a midweek game at the EK and who had the night off. They looked fresher second half and caused us a few problems. Having said that, we would have been out of sight if we had taken a couple of the chances we wasted.

Good to grind out a result. Not at our best but we got the job done.

What a goal from Pelle too. Tikkabooson.