And so it comes to this; QPR chairman Tony Fernandes sits at the poker table in his underpants, carefully placing the keys to his house on the summit of a large pile of chips.

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Striker Rob Hulse believes Sheffield United no longer need to fear anyone this season following their opening-day heroics. The 70th-minute penalty incident aside in Saturday's curtain-raising 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Bramall Lane, Hulse feels he and his team-mates answered their critics.

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