Sousa still targets play-off spot

Jason Euell's early miss and two more late in the game by Andrew Surman cost Southampton a vital win in their battle against relegation as they were forced to settle for a scoreless draw against Rangers.Injury-hit QPR, without seven first-choice players, have now gone nine matches without a win, but still, according to Sousa, entertain play-off hopes.The QPR boss said: "We can still make the play-offs, but it is hard when you are without six or seven of your best players."We have had to bring in 17-year-olds, and it is not easy to push and motivate a squad when all your best players are absent."The teams above us are not pulling away, so there is a chance for us to qualify for the play-offs even now."Southampton coach Mark Wotte lamented the failure to win at home for the second successive match.Saints now only have three more matches at home, and Wotte believes it might be easier for his team to play the majority of their remaining fixtures away.Wotte said: "The good thing is that we have edged closer to those teams above us, but I admit we should have won one of the two home games we have had in the last few days."We need to take the chances when they come our way, which is what we were doing when we had a little run of victories recently against Preston, Cardiff and Ipswich."I am not worried about playing five matches away from home, because I think we play better away, and they are against teams around us in the table, so there is a great chance."I felt we looked livelier when I sent on Jake Thomson and Bradley Wright-Phillips as substitutes, because they gave us a bit of pace, and that was something I felt we had lacked throughout the game."

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