Luke Moore: Watch out Sparky, theres an Arry lurking

Beware of the stare - QPR boss Mark Hughes is under pressure
Mark Hughes best start getting some results says Luke Moore, because if he doesn't there's a more than capable ex-Spurs boss waiting to get back into work!
Last week, I posited that Brendan Rodgers stops some way short of being a real-life David Brent by virtue of the fact that he's far too scary to be quite so tragic. What's more, it was obvious that his methods were starting to bear fruit and it was clearly only a matter of time before his Liverpool side recorded their first win of the season.
They duly delivered that at Carrow Road with a barnstorming performance which added further weight to the theory that they are only ever a pair of Luis Suarez-stitched pair of scoring boots away from victory. Suddenly, the Northern Irish manager doesn't look quite so Wernham Hogg.
When it comes to the scariest manager in the Premier League though, Rodgers isn't quite at the summit anyway. Because that summit is occupied by QPR's Mark Hughes.
Hughes sometimes appears so scary that he shouldn't be allowed on television before the watershed. His stare is occasionally so intense that it feels like it's lasering its way through the television and into your brain. Just after this week's defeat to West Ham I had to stop myself making an excuse as to why I didn't perform better myself watching the game when Hughes looked into the camera in his post-match interview. He has the unrivalled ability to make me shuffle in my seat for no reason. Maybe it's because I am worried he'll volley my face off.
Still, at the risk of incurring a righteous Welsh wrath, it's not a massive surprise that his team are underperforming at the moment. They've signed no less than 24 players since last summer, and the 'throw as much stuff at a wall and see what sticks' tactic in the transfer market rarely works.
In theory, things should quieten down between now and January, but if they're still in the same position come the turn of the year it will be tempting for Tony Fernandes and his cohorts to dip in again to try and ail their falling fortunes with even more players.
With high-profile ownership and high-profile signings comes high-profile pressure, and, as sure as a pregnancy test follows a Raheem Sterling night out, when results don't go your way, speculation around the manager's position starts to gather momentum. It's an almost perverse situation; the ownership facilitate a whole host of new signings, but the flipside is that the manager is then tasked with blending them almost instantly. If he doesn't, he'll lose his job and wonder if it was worth asking for all those new players in the first place.
There's another spectre at the feast though. QPR are currently the proud owners of two points from six Premier League games. They are only two games away (a trip to West Brom and then Everton at Loftus Road) from activating the magic, special Harry Redknapp Two Points From Eight Games Clause, last invoked at Spurs in 2008.
It must take a whole new level of bravery to be an under-pressure manager in the Premier League when you know that Harry Redknapp is out of a job. Every sound of an electric window sliding down in any car park is enough to trigger nightmares culminating in the incumbent waking up violently, in a cold sweat, screaming 'TRIFFIC!' at the top of his lungs.
But, as much as it absolutely terrifies me to write this lest Mr Hughes reads it, it will certainly be tempting for Mr Fernandes to take the plunge and replace the Welshman with Good Old 'Arry. He's got a proven record in the Premier League providing he can spend money, and there's no sign that QPR are interested in shortening the purse strings just yet.
Providing they can stomach paying for a revolving door to be fitted on the side of Loftus Road, he would surely be almost irresistible to them. With all the money they've ploughed into Rangers, they'd likely do whatever it takes to stay in the top flight. For all his faults, Redknapp will almost certainly deliver on that.
The only problem I can see is it that it might take until March to pluck up the courage to fire Sparky. Rather them than me.
Recommended Bet
Staying on the QPR theme, and looking for my third winning tip in a row, I can't see them getting much at West Brom this weekend. The Baggies are yet to concede a goal at home in the league this season, and QPR have really struggled for goals. I like West Brom to win both halves.
Back West Brom to Win Both Halves v QPR (should be available to back at around 4.57/2 once market materialises)