Queens Park Rangers 1 Southampton 3: match report It was certainly notable that the loudest individual cheers of the afternoon were reserved for the introduction of Jamie Mackie and Shaun Derry, two stalwarts from the promotion-winning squad who are not directly associated with the Hughes" era. Fernandes has, of course, insisted regularly that stability is key and that Hughes is the right man to take the club forward but he has never been subjected to such sustained pressure from the stands. Phil Beard, the QPR chief executive, had earlier promised in the matchday programme that decisions would not be based on today's result. "We must not get carried away whatever the result," said Beard. Whatever happens, we will still have 26 games left to fight and save our place in the Premier League. We are bottom of the league and Mark and the squad know that we need to start winning to restore confidence in everyone. I spend a lot of time at Harlington and I can promise you the preparation, analysis, organisation, attention to detail and, most important, the intensity of the training is better that it has ever been. Southampton, though, were the team that began with a purpose and fluency that belied their position. Positive on the ball and relatively secure at the back, they dominated the first-half. With Adam Lallana, Gaston Ramirez and Jason Puncheon interchanging to great affect behind Rickie Lambert, QPR were immediately on the back foot. Lallana had the first clear sight of goal, shooting narrowly over from the edge of the penalty area. Puncheon, on the opposite flank, was even more threatening and, having driven into space down the right,sent a curling left-footed cross into the QPR penalty area. Lallana slid in but was just unable to apply a clinical touch, with the ball still cannoning off the outside of the post. Lambert then had a header blocked at the near-post by Julio Cesar and, from the resulting corner, Southampton's pressure was ultimately rewarded. Fonte and then Puncheon both had shots blocked, before Lambert dived bravely in front of Cesar to put Southampton into the lead. With Jack Cork and Morgan Schneiderlin impressively anchoring the Southampton midfield, further chances came and went before Fonte was again permitted by Armand Traore to cut inside onto his left foot to shoot past Cesar. QPR's only first-half chances, efforts by Adel Taarabt and Junior Hoilett, had both been comfortably saved by Paulo Gazzaniga, with the supporters" anger directed squarely at Hughes as the players headed for the interval. QPR, though, were clearly awoken from their collective lethargy at half-time and, with Mackie replacing Adel Faurlin, emerged with added urgency. Djibril Cisse had a sight of goal within minutes of the restart but miss-kicked his shot. Taarabt, though, then produced a cross of pin-point accuracy for Junior Hoilett who punished the absence of marking in the Southampton defence to shoot beyondGazzaniga. Southampton must then have feared a sustained period of QPR pressure but actually regained the initiative, with Puncheon continuing to expose Traore's defensive deficiencies. He fired one powerful shot just inches wide of Cesar's right-hand post before forcing two excellent saves from the QPR goalkeeper. Southampton, though, did finally add the third goal that their dominance deserved, with Anton Ferdinand inadvertently deflecting Schneiderlin's cross into his own goal.