Chelsea could have stolen it in the last five minutes when Ramires' fierce low strike from 20 yards hit the foot of the Everton upright, but even the visitors and their manager Carlo Ancelotti would have thoughtthat would have been unjust on their hosts.
Here is a chart that shows the result of plotting the percentage of people who thought they had improved and comparing that to the level of involvement of their manager.
McGhee's former club, Motherwell, cashed in by selling David Clarkson and Paul Quinn in the summer and new manager Jim Gannon thought he could cover that by raiding some of his former rivals in that same division.
It is thoughtthatthe club's board was keen to combine the job of football manager with commercial elements and broadening the club's appeal in the local area.