Saints 5-0 QPR - Match Thread

[Midfield_General]

Edozie just going past his man at will 

[ChristopheVAFC]

Congratulations for the victoiry tonight !

All is possible !

COYR ! ❤️🤍

[Midfield_General]

FT. 5-0.

Well, that was actually fun.

Their keeper Bazzed three of them but that shouldn't take anything away from a great performance. 

Azaz, Scienza, Matsuki, Larin particularly good, and Edozie looked great when he came on. 

Well done boys. Up to seventh, lovely stuff

Edited 23 hours ago by Midfield_General

[Sheaf Saint]

Biggest win since...???

[Hopper]

Good performance, great result. Well done lads.

[Mixedkebab]

Lovely stuff

one of my favourite moments was Larin holding it up like a tank in the second half, such a difference to our powderpuff style of recent times 

[Saint NL]

Happy with that. 

Nice to be comfortable for a change. Plumped up the goal difference very nicely

[Saint86]

Fantastic result, and fair play to Eckert for going 4-2-2 and pushing for more at the end.

Shame about the other results and Charlton on the weekend, but keep going over the next few matches and its on...

[Toadhall Saint]

Great result - thought Larin did well but a great team effort all round.

[SNSUN]

Great win. QPR were shite and their keeper was awful but we took our chances and apart from the first half lull, we were very good. Larin was excellent, Leo much better in the second half, Fin good, Bree good, even Manning was decent. But for his 2 goals, I'm giving MOTM to Kuryu. Works hard. He has the spot over Fellows for me currently. 

[Midfield_General]

Oh and fuck you Charlie Austin, you fat knacker

[Turkish]

A very good nights work. Should be another decent win on Saturday. 

[AlexLaw76]

2nd half miles better than the 3rd.

Everyone played well, but Leo, Azaz and Larin were just the level above.

It cannot be disputed that we have one of the best squads' in the league.

 

[Britannia]

Incident at full time with one of their players and a fan?

[Zorba]

whoop! whoop!

[benjii]

5 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Only 15 points off top spot. We can still win the League. 

If we win every match we should get autos.

[LGTL]

I mean, their keeper was absolutely diabolical and QPR imploded second half, but that was a lot of fun. Downes and Larin were excellent. 

[influx]

Thought Manning had a really solid game too.  Fair play to him

[benjii]

Who's this Doris?

[Saint Pete]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

Larin would have been my MotM... Think he played an instrumental part in all of the goals he was on the pitch for?

I agree, we know about his strength, but I was impressed tonight by how composed he was on the ball once he held the ball up, picking out the right passes. Also worked his socks off unselfishly. Gives Tonda a decision to make in next match between him and Stewart. 

[Greenridge]

1 minute ago, Midfield_General said:

Oh and fuck you Charlie Austin, you fat knacker

He was pretty positive in his post match comments just now. Certainly more pro-Saints than Lee Hendrie was as commentator. 

[Midfield_General]

Didn't realise Leo is a holy man

Either that or he just really, really likes Alex Ostlund

Edited yesterday at 22:01 by Midfield_General

[Thereisonlyonemickychannon]

Watched the first half before halftime and saw only a draw at best. Just checked the final score and could not believe it!

[benjii]

7 minutes ago, trousers said:

Larin would have been my MotM... Think he played an instrumental part in all of the goals he was on the pitch for?

Yeah, apart from the first, second and third.

[Andy Hill]

Just need to win away at Wrexham now ?!

[The Kraken]

@Matthew Le God will love Leo’s “Jesus is king” t-shirt on national television.

Leo 😎

Jesus 😎

The king 😎

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, benjii said:

If we win every match we should get autos.

I would just like to point out since I predicted some weeks ago we would never lose another game we are unbeaten 

 

[Midfield_General]

1 minute ago, Greenridge said:

He was pretty positive in his post match comments just now. Certainly more pro-Saints than Lee Hendrie was as commentator. 

I know. I'm being harsh, I just think he's a knob. 

I feel bad now

[ButtikonSaint]

7 unbeaten, free scoring and a clean sheet when not even playing that well - I'll take that every game if the team wants to serve that up to us.

Tonight was a good one all round , how enjoyable ... 

[StrangelyBrown]

Glad to see an Azaz masterclass. Wonderful passer of the ball. Yes he's inconsistent, but if he was any better he wouldn't be playing for us!

Big shouts out for Larin for leading the line so well, Leo for a much better 2nd half, Harwood Bellis for another very composed game and Matsuki for 2 very nicely taken goals.

I'm starting to like this team again!

[Jimmy_D]

That was fun  

[Harry_SFC]

Our results against Hull and Millwall this season (1 point from the 4 games) look like they could cost us. 

[The Kraken]

1 minute ago, Midfield_General said:

I know. I'm being harsh, I just think he's a knob. 

I feel bad now

He is a knob.

He also was pretty fair tonight. The two things can still be true, Charlie Austin will in fact always be a complete knob.

Parklife!

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Harry_SFC said:

Our results against Hull and Millwall this season (1 point from the 4 games) look like they could cost us. 

Loss to Blackburn was criminal, Leo off, Stephens on in CM.

[trousers]

9 minutes ago, Mixedkebab said:

Lovely stuff

one of my favourite moments was Larin holding it up like a tank in the second half, such a difference to our powderpuff style of recent times 

I don't wish to be negative after such a great result, but it pisses me off big time that it took Sport Republic so f***ing long to wake up to the need for a proper powerful / strong / experienced striker in the mould of Lambert, Pelle, etc. so bleedin' obvious... 

Edited yesterday at 22:06 by trousers

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Glad to see an Azaz masterclass. Wonderful passer of the ball. Yes he's inconsistent, but if he was any better he wouldn't be playing for us!

Big shouts out for Larin for leading the line so well, Leo for a much better 2nd half, Harwood Bellis for another very composed game and Matsuki for 2 very nicely taken goals.

I'm starting to like this team again!

Yep he produces moments of quality which is why we’ll have to accept there are some games when he might not contribute much but moments like Fratton Park and tonight are why he has to play 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, trousers said:

I don't wish to be negative after such a great result, but it pisses me off big time that it took Sport Republic so f***ing long to wake up to the need for a proper powerful / strong striker in the mould of Lambert, Pelle, etc. 

you mean, like Kieffer Moore?

[hypochondriac]

Worth pointing out as well that Manning was alright today after being a liability in previous matches. Good to see.

[SNSUN]

8 minutes ago, benjii said:

If we win every match we should get autos.

Wednesday and West Brom next two. Should be looking at 6 points there if we play like today. 

[ally_uk]

Thought we were sensational. 

Now I'm off to empty the tanks 🤣

[The Kraken]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

Worth pointing out as well that Manning was alright today after being a liability in previous matches. Good to see.

QPR were terrible. Manning looks ok when he doesn’t have to defend.

[Totton Saint]

8 minutes ago, influx said:

Thought Manning had a really solid game too.  Fair play to him

Me too (as far as I could judge from Sky)

[CB Fry]

Seven games

Seven games

Undefeated 

Seven games 

Seven games 

I say

Seven games 

Seven games

Undefeated 

Playing football the Southampton way

[The Kraken]

Just now, ally_uk said:

Thought we were sensational. 

Now I'm off to empty the tanks 🤣

God speed Mrs ally_uk

[AlexLaw76]

Must give a nod to their keeper. Pretty influential in a couple of our goals

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, trousers said:

I don't wish to be negative after such a great result, but it pisses me off big time that it took Sport Republic so f***ing long to wake up to the need for a proper powerful / strong / experienced striker in the mould of Lambert, Pelle, etc. so bleedin' obvious... 

Every time we play well it annoys me that we fucked up the start of the season so much. No decent striker, Fellows at rb, loaning out Bree and playing three at the back, Bazunu in goal. Just so frustrating if this season ends up being a waste that even a slightly better start would have seen us comfortably in the playoffs and looking towards automatics.

[maysie]

8 minutes ago, Thereisonlyonemickychannon said:

Watched the first half before halftime and saw only a draw at best. Just checked the final score and could not believe it!

I watched the second half before half time, it was weird.

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, The Kraken said:

QPR were terrible. Manning looks ok when he doesn’t have to defend.

I don't think they looked that bad first half to be honest. They were the better team for about twenty five minutes after the first goal.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, The Kraken said:

QPR were terrible. Manning looks ok when he doesn’t have to defend.

He had a few shaky moments in the first 15 mins or so, but after HT they didn't offer any threat at all and he was able to just meander forward without having to worry about defending.

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Must give a nod to their keeper. Pretty influential in a couple of our goals

I can't believe we've found a worse keeper than Bazunu in the league this year. I didn't think it was possible.