Bookies smiling tonight

Every pundit had Alan Pardew as a nailed-on certainty to be the first managerial 'casualty' of the Premier League season but instead the dark place acted first - Paolo di Canio sacked after defeat at West Brom (beware David Moyes, Man Utd face the Baggies next).   The only shame is that Pardew won't be able to revenge himself properly for last season, but one can still hope that the players brought in are collectively useless and a new manager will be able to do nothing with them.