Match Thread | Southampton v QPR

[WeAreQPR12]

Quite refreshing that Gareth didn't talk about the bad decisions. I understand our frustration and it certainly doesn't help but you will get plenty of poor decisions throughout the season, It does genuinely even itself out over the season. What concerns me is the goals we conceded. For me the 1st is poor from begovic, he's got to save that and pains me to say but he certainly looked like an old man in slow motion trying to get down to that, I know he's a big man but he has to do better. The 2nd goal is avoidable but Kakay again shows us why we must sign a right back. You can't afford to be standing 3 yards off your man whilst being 10yards out it's just not good enough. For me we must sign a striker and right back. I do see positives in other areas but I then look at our bench and it fills me with concern. Keeping it on the cheap with youth players could cost us our league status so this final wk I would be shocked if the club refuse to bring in additions.

[DJ Hooper W12]

Couldn’t agree more plenty of positives and definitely looking better. Beginning to feel confidence growing in team and supporters and sure we will start to get some results But proven goal scorer is a must to get us up to mid table at the very least. Hopefully Sunderland will be a kick start

[72bus]

My gripe with the ref was he played advantage fair enough for the 2nd goal they made 2 or 3 passes lost possession through a bad pass then went back due to lack of advantage.

The sliding tackle Cook made which clearly came of the boot of Soton player he was no more than 5 meters away Cook went ballistic

Armstrong was very physical but got sod all free kicks on him and 1 was a clear booking

how the frigging hell did he get so many decisions wrong when he was so close to play as you say he was right next to it half the bloody time.

Sadly he perm refs are so bad we need Var and was it Mike Dean who backed of using Var to save a refs face by his own admittance that's just blatant cheating imo

Ok everyone has to start somewhere and I played to a decent level and had the unfortunate experience of Prem ref in his early days before made league level grade and he was shite and ended up shite in the prem who promotes these people.

Didn't deserve to lose but we made 2 mistakes Begovic howler and to be fair to Kaka Armstrong miss controlled it before finishing

Onward and upward and promising performance today apart from a shambles of a tw@t in black

The advantage was long gone he got that wrong . He was very poor on many occasions.

[Abseits]

The advantage was long gone he got that wrong . He was very poor on many occasions.

I watched that bit again on Sky highlights...... He blew up straight away for the foul. They immediately took a quick free kick forwards without missing a beat, quite probably a moving ball from the wrong place. Ref glanced at the bigger picture and blew the whistle again. Nobody seemed to hear that second blast of the whistle so ball ended up in our box and they muffed the chance and we came into possession and ref dragged play back to re-take the free kick properly and dish a card out. He didn't actually play any advantage - Saints just tried to grab the advantage but were a tad too zealous about it.

[Abseits]

Quite refreshing that Gareth didn't talk about the bad decisions. I understand our frustration and it certainly doesn't help but you will get plenty of poor decisions throughout the season, It does genuinely even itself out over the season. What concerns me is the goals we conceded. For me the 1st is poor from begovic, he's got to save that and pains me to say but he certainly looked like an old man in slow motion trying to get down to that, I know he's a big man but he has to do better. The 2nd goal is avoidable but Kakay again shows us why we must sign a right back. You can't afford to be standing 3 yards off your man whilst being 10yards out it's just not good enough. For me we must sign a striker and right back. I do see positives in other areas but I then look at our bench and it fills me with concern. Keeping it on the cheap with youth players could cost us our league status so this final wk I would be shocked if the club refuse to bring in additions.

Yeah, was bit of a howler by Asmir. Thing is, shows the benefit of getting shots on target. I'm thinking of the two shots Smyth blazed off target from the diagonal barely 10yds out. Does my head in the amount of our players who wildly slash at chances and don't work the keeper. Saints fans don't rate their keeper much and deem him to be somewhat calamitous, probably no need for Smyth to try and bust the net or smash it in 1mm from the top corner of the goal.

[72bus]

I watched that bit again on Sky highlights...... He blew up straight away for the foul. They immediately took a quick free kick forwards without missing a beat, quite probably a moving ball from the wrong place. Ref glanced at the bigger picture and blew the whistle again. Nobody seemed to hear that second blast of the whistle so ball ended up in our box and they muffed the chance and we came into possession and ref dragged play back to re-take the free kick properly and dish a card out. He didn't actually play any advantage - Saints just tried to grab the advantage but were a tad too zealous about it.

I was too far away , all of us around me took it that he'd played advantage , it looked like he used one arm .
seems a lot of refs use one these days when it should be a crouch then 2 arms thrown forward.

[Harrow QPR]

I went to MEs funeral , I remember when he nicked a bird coming back from sheff weds .
We stopped at a club MWs uncle was a bouncer at . Remember a lot of u played cards all night .
I took photos... November 1981..happy days

I can vaguely remember stopping at a club , it was near Mansfield or Nottingham . Have'nt seen MW for years , he drifted away around mid 80's , was a lovely fella.
I used to love the old card games on the coaches up north with MM, MW, RC , PK ,Sooty and others . Can remember going to Wolves on the coach one day , i was £350 up when the coach got a puncture and we had to get off for half hour on the M40 , when we got back on and by the time we got to Wolverhampton i was £180 down . I owed PK £100 and had to bring it to Charlton away in a midweek game the following tuesday to pay him . We even used to play in the P/Vic before the home games every week (great days).
Would love to see your'e photo's if you can post them up .
I have a few photo's from Oldham away either 80 or 81 outside a boozer and some from inside a boozer in Blackpool where we went after the game , would'nt have a clue how to post them on here though.

[dave58]

Thought we did ok again Begovic at fault for 1st goal should do better and gave away a poor 2nd goal Cook and Kakay should've got tighter , but again missed chances cost Chair & Smyth should've both scored early in 2nd half

[72bus]

I can vaguely remember stopping at a club , it was near Mansfield or Nottingham . Have'nt seen MW for years , he drifted away around mid 80's , was a lovely fella.
I used to love the old card games on the coaches up north with MM, MW, RC , PK ,Sooty and others . Can remember going to Wolves on the coach one day , i was £350 up when the coach got a puncture and we had to get off for half hour on the M40 , when we got back on and by the time we got to Wolverhampton i was £180 down . I owed PK £100 and had to bring it to Charlton away in a midweek game the following tuesday to pay him . We even used to play in the P/Vic before the home games every week (great days).
Would love to see your'e photo's if you can post them up .
I have a few photo's from Oldham away either 80 or 81 outside a boozer and some from inside a boozer in Blackpool where we went after the game , would'nt have a clue how to post them on here though.

Not seen MW myself in years .
Zippy had a drink with him recently in the askew and sent some photos .
Don't know how to post pics either .
The club was just outside Nottingham it was my 19th birthday.
Do u know what happened to the Indian fella Ram ( his real name was mam) used to drive the transit van in the early days as he didn't drink , zippy reckons he's passed away , I hope not he was a lovely bloke .

[cross it Dave]

He used to sit in front of us in the SAR during the Warnock years.

[WeAreQPR12]

Not sure about Ram but spent allot of time with his brother Rom

[72bus]

Not sure about Ram but spent allot of time with his brother Rom

Rom was the gay brother , I went to his wedding. Did u go ?

[Harrow QPR]

Not seen MW myself in years .
Zippy had a drink with him recently in the askew and sent some photos .
Don't know how to post pics either .
The club was just outside Nottingham it was my 19th birthday.
Do u know what happened to the Indian fella Ram ( his real name was mam) used to drive the transit van in the early days as he didn't drink , zippy reckons he's passed away , I hope not he was a lovely bloke .

I think Mam drifted away sometime in the 80's as well . I got banned for a year jan 89 to jan 90 and stopped going from the 91 to 96 seasons then started taking my boy . I saw MW not long after the pompey home game where there was a lot of trouble , he used to sit in the Ellerslie then with RC and the K brothers . Haven't seen him since

[Undecided]

Rom was the gay brother , I went to his wedding. Did u go ?

It slipped my memory.

[72bus]

I stopped going around 84 but came back in 98 with my youngest son , he only does away games now with his mates .
Now and again I see some old faces forget half their names , saw AS in Huddersfield told me he'd moved up near Liverpool