QPR still winless but offer hope for Hughes

QPR 1 Everton 1

By taking a point off Everton and coming quite close to all three, Mark Hughes has avoided the situation that seemed so perfectly set up for Harry Redknapp.

When the former Tottenham boss took over at White Hart Lane, it was after the North London side had drawn two of their first eight games of the 2007-08 season. A defeat here would not just have seen QPR repeat that record but might well have been the final trigger for Hughes to lose his job and Redknapp to again step in.