QPR face fight to stay up

MARK HUGHES seems like a realistic man, so he must have squirmed to hear his new chief executive at Queens Park Rangers, Philip Beard, talking about his dream of QPR winning the Premier League.

Hughes did not want to rain on Beard’s parade too much, so he said simply he would need at least five to 10 years to turn QPR into title contenders.

For now, the challenge is to avoid immediate relegation, which is looking more and more likely.