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So after the final day of the Premiership, its time to either lick your wounds or grab the paracetamol for the hangover after the celebrations. As expected the day was not without its drama.

Manchester United could have conceded a penalty and probably should have been playing the last hour with 10 men, but referee Steve Bennett managed to get 3 out of 4 big decisions wrong.

Overall though, Manchester United probably deserved it on the season’s performance and it became irrelevant with Chelsea conceding in injury time to ex-pompey boy Matt Taylor.

At the other end of the table, it panned out as I predicted last week, with Fulham, Birmingham and Reading all winning and as a result Fulham getting out of jail.

Now time for a little gloating - In January I predicted that the order of the top 4 would finish Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, and that Reading, Wigan and Derby would get relegated. Not bad eh?

I also predicted that Chelsea would win the Champions League and the FA Cup. I’m glad to say that I got the FA Cup part wrong, but I am still in the hunt with the Champions League. I just hope that Pompey’s abysmal run of form can be halted and that Harry can get them fired up for the final - I’ll face all manner of abuse if they lose.

Credit has to go to Sir Alex eyt another trophy, and his joy and excitement, made it look like his first - that probably explains why he has been so successful.

His post match interview was interesting - he thought Scoles second tackle was just a push (not the cynical foul that it was) - I’m sure that had it been a Wigan tackle on Ronaldo then he would have seen it differently. Incidentally - what was Ronaldo on? He must have stopped playing at least 3 times to appeal for a foul when he was hardly touched - I suppose its better that throwing himself to the floor, although not by much and no doubt Sir Alex will have a word with him prior to the Champions League final. It’s such a pity that such a great player is such a lightweight - if he had Rooney’s approach he would definitely be the best player in the world - as it is he falls short to Messi in my opinion.

Back to Sir Alex though. He once again showed he is master of the mind games, initially with his pre-match comments about Bolton being out drinking all week and not taking the game seriously. A blatant attempt to fire them up. Then with his “had we lost today it would have been tough to pick ourselves up for the Champions League Final” comment. Designed to stick the knife in to the Chelsea boys obviously. Let’s just hope both teams have a full squad to select from and its a cracking match.

A couple of surprises in the play offs too, with both Hull and Bristol winning away from home. “Come on ‘ull” as they say in East Yorkshire. Another Premiership side in the area can only be good news for us Pompey fans living in Yorkshire, who will only have a short drive to go and watch, and increase the banter with the local yokels.