Todays Game

McLeish, who admits that he thought about trying to sign QPR players Joey Barton and Shaun Wright-Phillips this summer, knows today's test will be a stern one. The pressure is mounting, because he has won only once in the League. Like Barton, he has a tough job trying to win people over; history hampers his cause.

'I don't really compare myself to Joey,' admitted Twitter-free McLeish with a smile. 'I just get on with the job and focus.'

At last, Alan Hutton can do that, too, knowing he is valued again.

'My whole life's a blessing,' says a tattoo on Hutton's left arm. With Redknapp's painful rejection behind him, Hutton's mood finally reflects that tattoo afresh. And his newfound sense of liberation could cost QPR dearly.

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