Abramovich to sulk; seven games in

I disliked Jose Mourinho as much as the next man (unless the next man was a Chelsea fan - and let's face it: Chelsea fans were on the increase as gloryhunters emerged from the woodwork), but what the hell did Roman Abramovich think he was doing when he sacked Mourinho?! Who does he honestly think will come in and do a better job? The appointment of Avram Grant is a bloody joke. The Premier League is a hell of a lot different from the Israeli league, and I suspect that because of Abramovich's actions Chelsea can wave bye-bye to their title and Champions League aspirations for another season.

Relatively speaking, Chelsea didn't have a great start, but they've never been invincible. Their 2-0 defeat at Aston Villa was a bit of a shock but they've always been prone to losing the odd away game. With Drogba and Lampard out of the team - two players that contributed around 50 goals last season (and set God knows how many more up) are sorely missed and I was very surprised that Mourinho wasn't given the funds or freedom in the summer to go out and buy the players he needed. Perhaps that was all part of the larger plan for Abramovich, who's got such a disinterested face during match days that it looks like he has to have his eyebrows manually lifted to keep his eyes open. Not only that, but for a billionaire it looks as if he goes to TK Maxx for his jackets and he can't afford a decent razor.

I hate the bloke; he comes across as a spoilt brat who throws his toys out of the pram when things don't go his way. He needs to understand that whatever amount of money you pay your manager, staff, players and coaches, at the end of the day they're all human and prone to error. Money doesn't guarantee success in football because players aren't robots. Abramovich seems to think he can do anything, so it was great to see him leave Old Trafford yesterday looking as gormless as ever following Chelsea's 2-0 defeat to Man Utd.

Derby beat Newcastle last week, Sheff Wed beat Hull at the weekend, and Grimsby beat Lincoln during the noon kick-off in League 2. That leaves QPR as the only Football League club without a win this season.

I'm a bit surprised at Lincoln, to be honest. Well, I say I'm surprised; the BBC should be more surprised than me as they tipped the Imps to be League 2 champions this year. I think that was a pretty blind prediction - they've bought full back Gary Croft and ageing striker Steve Torpey. Says it all, really. The lost 4-0 at home to Shrewsbury on the opening day of the season, then they won their next two games but have now lost four on the trot. I wonder how much longer manager John Scofield will last at Sincil Bank? Wouldn't it be ironic to see a team that had achieved five successive play-off finishes fall out of the league? Harsh, but having lost five of their first seven games and sitting in 20th place it could happen.

I'm not that surprised to see Watford and Charlton at the top of the Championship. Teams that get relegated from the Premiership have a much better chance of bouncing back nowadays than they did a few years ago (unless you have a dodgy manager in charge like Bryan Robson at Sheff Utd). West Brom were unlucky not to get promoted last season, and as much as I happen to think that they're a really boring, uninspiring team to watch, I dare say they'd be putting up more of a fight than Derby are currently doing. Well done to the three promoted teams from League 1 though - Scunthorpe, Blackpool and Bristol City are all in the top half after seven games.

Somewhat surprisingly, Walsall sit bottom of League 1. They were probably the best all-round team to get promoted from League 2 last season. Instead, Hartlepool, Swindon and Bristol Rovers are all hanging out with the big nobs in the top half of the table - teams that finished behind Walsall last season (and in Bristol Rovers' case, a whole 17 points behind).

Dirty Leeds have had a ridiculously good start to the season, winning seven straight league games and moving out of the relegation zone. Southend are hanging around in the play-offs whereas Luton - the third side to be relegated from the Championship last season - can't decide whether they want a promotion push or a relegation battle, settling for mid-table mediocrity in the meantime.

And as I dip rather inevitably into League 2 we can see both Morecambe and Dagenham holding their own for now. Morecambe certainly have potential to do quite well if their League Cup form is anything to go by (beating Preston and Wolves away isn't done through sheer luck) so I don't expect them to be dragged towards the bottom, but Dagenham are a difficult team to predict. They did extremely well to win the Conference at a canter last season, but often, when teams win leagues so easily, they don't do so well the following season. I've never worked out why that is. And I can't be bothered trying to work it out now.

Chesterfield, Brentford, Rotherham and Bradford all appear to be in the right half of the table as things stand, but whether any of them have the stamina to last the pace of a promotion race is another thing. I personally think that Bradford won't go up; they've pinned a lot of hope upon a manager who is basically untried and appears to be living off his work with Neil Warnock - who is a bit of a cock.