Oh dear Thomas. You tanked.

Let’s start with some good news for United fans before we get serious. There’s been very little of that lately so why not? I see ten Hag has got a new job. Everybody at Old Trafford should now pray he comes back and starts buying some of the shit he landed them with - starting with the goalkeeper.

I was wrong about him. I said when they signed him he’d cost them as many points as de Gea used to save. As it turned out it was far more. He was hopeless.

As for Amorim and his promise that good times are around the corner. If they are he’s not the man to deliver them. What was that about in his address to the stadium? ‘I want to say sorry to my players…’. What? No. Never ever go public with a statement like that.

I’m afraid he strikes me as a man full of self doubt, totally out of his depth. His players know it. Perhaps that’s why he apologised to them - hoping to win a few back?

Thomas Bramall’s monstrous error on the pitch at OT summed up the PGMOL’s season for me.

What a horror moment he had, compounded by his mates at Stockley Park.

What was he doing there? Why was he given such an important match? Villa are right to ask those questions.It was far too big a game for him. He’s had a bang average season - yet he was put in charge whilst Michael Oliver sat in the refs bunker. I know Oliver hasn’t been at his best either, but he’s a better ref than Bramall.

I say Bramall’s error was compounded by his mates because as he disallowed the goal VAR was immediately cut to line. Why? Didn’t they know Bramall had whistled before the ball was in the net? The answer is ‘no’ - they didn’t. I guarantee you a tech operator pointed it out.

There they were fiddling about to see if the decision was correct - which it wasn’t - when they realised they couldn’t use VAR. What a mess. Thomas and his friends tanked. 

The incident kind of summed up their season - not good enough and riddled with errors.

I’m sad to say Howard Webb has been a huge let down. I backed him hoping he’d make things better at the PGMOL. He hasnt. He’s arguably made things worse, although he’ll have marked his own homework by now and announce another triumph shortly.

Bramall’s clanger has cost Villa something like £150m. I’d consider suing if I was at the club. The mistake wasn’t a matter of opinion. It was a matter of fact. Q

One other thing. Why was Martinez sent off? Hojlund was heading away from goal - just like Haaland in the Cup Final. It should be noted Dean Henderson pushed the ball away to send Haaland wide, but he stayed on. Martinez went - even though Villa had a covering defender getting back into position. Both decisions can’t be correct.

As for Chris Kavanagh’s rick at Wembley the day before - that one cost Sheff Utd more than Villa have lost out on. Why did Kavanagh disallow the Blades second goal? There’s no way the keeper was impeded. The clue here is Patterson actually dived for the ball so space was available. Distraction is not covered or part of law. At 2-0 Sheff U win that match.

It’s not the first time tech has cost Sheffield Utd. Do you remember the ghost goal at Villa? The PGMOL made sure Hawkeye took the hit on that occasion - despite the fact VAR could clearly see Villa’s Orjan Nyland had carried the ball over the line.

We were told then protocol meant VAR couldn’t intervene. I asked then what’s the point of the tech if it can’t correct errors? I ask the same question again. Never mind that Bramall had whistled at OT so they couldn’t use it. So what? Change the protocol.

Bayern Munich were denied a perfectly good goal in last season’s CL semi-final v Madrid (de Ligt) for the same reason. It’s got to stop. Use the tech if a ‘clear and obvious’ error has been seen by everybody. The refs love that phrase. Let’s embrace it for better reasons than they use it. 😂.

Chelsea’s celebrations had me laughing yesterday. £1.4b spent in three windows. Well done lads - you finished fourth. I think I’d be a little more sheepish.

If I’m honest I wish Forest had made it. Nuno and his team have been brilliant at different times. They’ve been a breath of fresh air. It’s Europe for them, which is a fantastic achievement in itself, but they’re not in the competition they were aiming at. Shame.

Newcastle made it by the skin of their teeth. They owe Thomas Bramall a drink, but in general it’s been a brilliant campaign for Eddie Howe. Well done guys.

Here’s a stat I found staggering - not one player in Arsenal’s squad finished with 10 goals. Arteta has said he’s going to lock himself away this summer and work out what went wrong. He doesn’t need to. There it is.

Daniel Levy’s silence is damning. Ange won’t be in charge in August. Nor should he be. I backed him for a long time this season and he did really well delivering a trophy - but those who want him out were right - and they’ll get their way I’m sure. Levy won’t make the same mistake the Jim Reaper and the brains trust did with ten Hag.

I’m hearing whispers all is not well in City’s dressing room. Some more big names will leave the club this summer with KDB - perhaps even the coach. Something isn’t right in Haaland’s world either. Watch this space.

A big thanks to Brighton, Bournemouth, Brentford, Fulham and Palace. They all shook up the natural order and should be proud of their seasons.

What an impact David Moyes had at Goodison (I wanted to say that one last time) Everton had 17 points when he took over. They finished with 48. Brilliant David.

West Ham? A mess. It won’t get much better any time soon either. And Wolves can’t afford another season like this one. Hopefully they start next time as they finished this. I like Strand-Larsen. I’d get him signed up pretty quickly before some other club does.

The bottom three go having contributed nothing. Saints can blame Russell Martin’s ridiculous stubbornness. Leicester have got to start again. And Ipswich need to hold on to Kieran McKenna. You don’t turn down success, but it was all a bit too much too soon for them after bouncing through leagues.

That’s it - unless something spectacular happens now you won’t hear from me until August. Thanks for reading these musings. I look forward to going again.