Targets missed as all quiet on the transfer front

IT’S always pleasing for a pundit to see the cues he has set up being fulfilled. West Ham were, indeed, as “ripe for a kicking” as I suggested they would be last week; Rooney did take overdue advantage, as prescribed; Nani continues to show the benefits of an enforced summer off, as I predicted in my preview here three weeks ago.

Best of all, the Blessed Berb continues to slay his critics — we have only just reached the end of August and he already has two goal of the season contenders to his credit.

It is probably too much to hope for, though, as I type this on transfer deadline day, that any of the various targets I have previously floated here are going to end up at Old Trafford.