It's not like me to say something nice about West Ham, but I really don't understand the criticism of their transfer attempts.
They're clearly aiming a little higher than they normally do and missing out on a few targets because of it, but why's that a bad thing?
Lots of piss-taking and laughter online about it, but surely all clubs do this when they're trying to progress?
We certainly made a few aimless punts a few years back, repeatedly going after fantasy signings that were never going to happen.
I think that it laid a foundation for some of our more exciting signings of recent years though, the highlight probably being van der Vaart.
Watching the reaction switch from mocking laughter to shock as that one went through was very satisfying, I must admit.