Other than resting Kelvin Davies Pardew played the same side that beat Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup.
Are you serious about winning this competition? Pardew was asked
"Absolutely, I couldn't enforce that more," he said.
"That's why I put the strongest team out that I had, aside of the goalie.
"There was some good play tonight," said the Saints boss. "Although we were a little bit sloppy, there was still some good stuff and that's what we want.
"We want to be assertive and go to the next game."
Saints will find out their semi final opponents on Saturday.