Saints 5-0 QPR - Match Thread

[Saint Scott]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

That was shite from their keeper....

Didn't realise Baz had gone to QPR on loan

[OttawaSaint]

Great time to score and from a corner too. Am I hallucinating.

[Viking Saint]

Just now, Midfield_General said:

Matsuki-san!!

Gets up so well for a not particularly big lad

But wtf is the keeper doing 

And who the hell was marking him? Still, not complaining

[Saint NL]

They gave us that one, but it should be the three points

[AlexLaw76]

HT, good first 10 and last 5 mins...

Poor 30 mins in-between, but to be fair, the Wailing Wall had little to do.

 

[Hopper]

Had to login just say I’m chuffed for Matsuki. Tireless worker and a well deserved goal!

[Saint Pete]

Not really a deserved lead, but we have looked dangerous on the few occasions we have put it together. 

[ChristopheVAFC]

Good half Time really !

Let's go Saint's ! 💪

[Baird of the land]

1 minute ago, Suhari said:

Jesus.

That's an awful goal to concede though.

Yes imagine the criticism of our defence if we conceded that goal.

[Greedyfly]

1 minute ago, benjii said:

Fuck me. If we conceded that, this place would be berserk.

Fucking rightly, wasn't clever movement, he was just unmarked 7 yards out 

[Harry_SFC]

2 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

Get in, what a delivery from scienza 

Off form yet still getting assists galore 

[bpsaint]

7 minutes ago, Southner said:

I always mistake him for Stan Collymore.

I honestly thought it was.

[influx]

Just now, Saint Pete said:

Not really a deserved lead, but we have looked dangerous on the few occasions we have put it together. 

Oh please. Stop with the rage bait

[Colinjb]

Great header Matski. 

Great delivery!

[SWLondon Saint]

No idea what their keeper is doing there but bloody great jump and header from Matsuki there, bosh!

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Baird of the land said:

Yes imagine the criticism of our defence if we conceded that goal.

A header scored, nodded in from about 7 ft high and about 2 foot out..keeper was crap, but hey ho...

[trousers]

2 minutes ago, benjii said:

Fuck me. If we conceded that, this place would be berserk.

As used to be the case quite often before we changed keeper...

[Hopper]

Just now, Harry_SFC said:

Off form yet still getting assists galore 

It’s unfortunate for Edozie because he’s been great since coming back in but you can’t not play him 😂 

[Harry_SFC]

2 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Awful half. QPR on top of a lot of it and yet we're 2 nil up. Make it make sense. 

Another goal from a corner though. We're getting better at those. 

Have they really had any chances though? Can't think of many.

[bobby_charles]

Why do we give up the midfield all the time, jander has looked off it. Charles on him off rommie would of worked well here if he is fit

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Harry_SFC said:

Have they really had any chances though? Can't think of many.

They had a strong 30 mins without testing the wailing wall....

[trousers]

Come on Pompey!!

 

[influx]

What game are some watching ffs.  QPR on top for most of it?!  Am I watching a different game? 

[Midfield_General]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

HT, good first 10 and last 5 mins...

Poor 30 mins in-between, but to be fair, the Wailing Wall had little to do.

 

Yep. Let them have too much of the ball but they’ve done very little with it. No shots on target of any note. We’ve been sloppy between the goals but still looked more dangerous than them and created more. 

[obelisk]

Well have to take that I suppose. It's what the score should have been at ht on Saturday. Now the question is whether Saints can score a third without conceding.

[Micky]

Next goal is crucial, we get it, should be game over, they get it, game on.

[Midfield_General]

2 minutes ago, trousers said:

As used to be the case quite often before we changed keeper...

Ssshhh, you’ll upset pingpong

[Mr X]

Hopefully we can kick on from the slice of luck now and not think two goals is enough..... Memo to saints it isn't! 

[Hawkswood]

12 minutes ago, capitalsaint said:

Lee Hendrie is a tough listen.

I actually disagree. Hes normally bang on when hes commentating on us

[austsaint]

How about the control and lay off skills of Larin in that first half.   Quiet achiever in that first half.   

[SaintsRoyalty]

1 hour ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Interesting stat around Matsuki. In the 14 games in all competitions he has featured, we have only lost once.
Granted in most of these he was a late sub but I think he’s better than people give him credit.

He reminds me of Stephen Davis. Tenacious and you don’t see a lot of what he does. He of course has also scored 2 goals unlike Fellows.

Looks like I’ve been proved right again. Should be starting for us from now on.

[Saint NL]

Larin did well to take their defender away for the second goal 👍

[RedArmy]

6 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Bizarre, I was thinking how much better we look with him playing instead of Fellows.

I didn’t mention fellows I mentioned edozie. 
 

Has Will Still got a job yet? 

[capitalsaint]

1 minute ago, Hawkswood said:

I actually disagree. Hes normally bang on when hes commentating on us

To each their own! I find most of what he says pretty vacuous.

[SNSUN]

Need a few scores to change to help us out tonight. Blackburn, Swansea and even the Skates could help us out. 

[Saint NL]

Just now, SNSUN said:

Need a few scores to change to help us out tonight. Blackburn, Swansea and even the Skates could help us out. 

Saints could also do with boosting the goal difference a little too. 

[SNSUN]

3 minutes ago, austsaint said:

How about the control and lay off skills of Larin in that first half.   Quiet achiever in that first half.   

You can tell he's played a lot of football. Experienced and it shows. 

[Midfield_General]

3 minutes ago, Hawkswood said:

I actually disagree. Hes normally bang on when hes commentating on us

Hendrie’s dulcet tones are like listening to Morgan Freeman compared to having Tessem screeching his gibberish

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Great to see some players who can have some mixed games, get excellent moments.

Scienza hasn't quite had his initial impact of late, and had a poor pass to Azaz when we were one up. But a lovely, well picked out corner for the second goal.

Matsuki hasn't really got crosses in, and has been a bit muted running in from wide. But a great ghost in front of the keeper for his header.

Azaz can look frustrating at times. But when in the right position, can put away excellent shots, like the first.

We've patiently waited for opportunities. Sometimes, a bit too long. Manning, for one, was frustrated by the movement in front of him. But when we've moved through the midfield with our passing, we're a threat. 

Scienza's slow pass back to Azaz and THB hitting the post showed that.

We've a strong bench tonight. So looking forward to their impact.

Larin has been much more than a target, allowing others to get space.

And a shout to Downes. When QPR had a break, he tracked back working out the passing angle to intercept.

[Hopper]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Larin did well to take their defender away for the second goal 👍

On the replay of Azaz’s he’s also occupying 3 defenders. Underrated trait to possess.

[Hawkswood]

1 minute ago, capitalsaint said:

To each their own! I find most of what he says pretty vacuous.

He was just commenting before about saints lack of movement thru the midfield and about us making one more pass than we need to and not moving the ball quick enough. He literally said all of that about 10 minutes ago. Sounds pretty spot on to me

[Saint Pete]

3 minutes ago, influx said:

What game are some watching ffs.  QPR on top for most of it?!  Am I watching a different game? 

Maybe QPR on top is a stretch, but our play has been poor for large parts of that half, Sky put stats up that we showed we didn't have a shot for 30 mins or so after our goal and only one touch in the box. But I guess at least we have not allowed QPR clear chances while we have been in our poor periods. When we do deliver good ball in the box, we do look dangerous on the plus side. 

[Midfield_General]

1 minute ago, Hopper said:

On the replay of Azaz’s he’s also occupying 3 defenders. Underrated trait to possess.

His movement for the first goal, continually dropping off and finding space, was superb

[Hawkswood]

5 minutes ago, capitalsaint said:

To each their own! I find most of what he says pretty vacuous.

More importantly.......he ain't Andy hinchcliffe !!

[qwertyell]

Give Jander a rest. He's on a booking and pretty off the pace lately. 

Not surprisingly. They only play 34 games in Germany - plus a winter break. We're on match week 34 already, in February. That's quite an adjustment to make, physically. 

[trousers]

No changes for Saints at half time

[Hopper]

1 minute ago, qwertyell said:

Give Jander a rest. He's on a booking and pretty off the pace lately. 

Not surprisingly. They only play 34 games in Germany - plus a winter break. We're on match week 34 already, in February. That's quite an adjustment to make, physically. 

I do think he’s looked much better tonight. Bar the silly challenge for the yellow.

[Saint NL]

That QPR teenager has a tough paper round 😳

[pingpong]

9 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Ssshhh, you’ll upset pingpong

Nah, didn't register - too obviously false. 

[obelisk]

Now let's see the result of the Eckert halt time talk.