1) ALAN PARDEW has to be the unluckiest manager in football right now. After getting four points from three games in the bag, and finishing with a 4-0 away win, the Southampton manager has been fired. Honestly, we can’t quite see the logic in it either.

2) SOUTHAMPTON fans must be in total shock. According to a fan poll in a Hampshire local newspaper, Pardew’s sacking was backed by a mere 13% of the fans. Alan looked to be doing a great job at the club, and it just highlights how little time managers get these days. A genuinely jaw dropping decision.

3) ALAN PARDEW clearly didn’t see his sacking coming either. After the win away at Bristol Rovers he said: “It's not all rosy, we're going to have to see how Adam (Lallana) is - it doesn't bode well when a player has to come off at half-time.” Not a statement that sounds like a manager about to get the boot.

4) Alan’s former club READING meanwhile are going to really miss Gylfi Sigurdsson. Siggy scored once again as The Royals scraped past a desperate Leicester City, however the bad news is, he’s off to Germany, being snapped up by Hoffenheim for £6m.

5) LEICESTER CITY are really struggling under Paulo Sousa. They were promotion favourites going into the season, but we’re now four games deep, and there’s still no win in sight. The angry crowd at the Walkers on Saturday vented their frustration at the board, the manager, the players, everyone!

6) HULL CITY are another team struggling against the odds. A defeat to local(ish) rivals Doncaster must have stung, as Donny did what Donny do best at this level. They passed the ball like a budget Barcelona… then won!

7) MARLON KING might need to sign on the line at Coventry City sooner rather than later. As a free agent, Coventry-target King can sign up after the transfer window has closed, however, their defeat to plucky Millwall showed just how badly they need a frontman like him.

8) MILLWALL fans meanwhile need to get down The Den. The Lions haven’t played this well for years, nobody seems to be able to beat them at home, yet the crowds remain disappointingly low.

9) PORTSMOUTH aren’t going back up to the Premier League this year. Many pundits bizarrely tipped them, but we’re not even out of August yet and they’re nine points adrift of leaders QPR.

10) Poor STEVE COTTERILL used every single outfield player he had in their 0-2 defeat to Cardiff. If they can’t get more people in on loan, Steve may have to buy some boots.

11) NEIL WARNOCK likes to leave it late. The Championship’s leaders QPR were 2-0 down at Derby going into injury time, but somehow rescued an unlikely point to keep their unbeaten record.

12) Warnock’s former side PLYMOUTH meanwhile are having a horrid time in League One. The Green Army got stuffed three nil at home by Peterborough. “I thought the game was all about us,” said Posh manager Gary Johnson. He couldn’t have been more right.

13) Another one of last season’s relegated Championship sides meanwhile, are having the time of their lives in League One. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY hit five past Hartlepool.

14) JONATHAN FORTE won’t be able to believe he didn’t get a hat-trick. The Scunny striker was out of this world as they hit three past Crystal Palace. Forte was only denied his hat-trick by some incredible saves by keeper Julian Speroni.

15) BILLY DAVIES is a very honest man. The Nottingham Forest manager is under pressure due to his side’s poor start to the season, but even he conceded Norwich City deserved to beat them. 1-1 it finished at the City game.

16) LEEDS UNITED look very serious promotion contenders. When you don’t play well, but still look comfortable winners, you know you’re onto a good thing. A 0-1 at Watford left manager Simon Grayson smiling from ear to ear and will surely make CM columnist and Leeds Chief Scout a very happy man.

17) JASON SCOTLAND may quickly learn to love life at Portman Road. It took the former Swansea man forever and a couple of days to get his first league goal for Wigan, but just 74 minutes to get off the mark for Ipswich.

18) DAVID JAMES meanwhile might not be enjoying Championship football so much. The Bristol City keeper was once again under constant pressure, as Ipswich peppered his goal with shots.

19) TORQUAY UNITED look serious about promotion against all the odds. The shock early League Two leaders won yet again, this time against one of the division's biggest sides, Port Vale. A tough, but deserved win.

20) The excellent ADAM LE FONDRE meanwhile may have made his last contribution for Rotherham. Le Fondre set up Rotherham’s winner at Hereford, but is rumoured to be on his way to Plymouth before the transfer window shuts.