LARRY RYAN: All human nature laid bare on holy Deadline Day

It is barely a decade old, but has Transfer Deadline Day already evolved into the most reliable barometer we have of who we are?

The more pessimistic might consider it a neat document of the fall of mankind, but I like to think there is light in the darkness.

Surely, the day’s ability to get so many excited about so little is proof positive of man’s enduring ability to dream — even if his dreams have been downsized from world peace and space travel to an inexperienced full-back on loan.