Only three games into the new season and two Premier League managers have already parted company with their employers.

Alan Curbishley and Kevin Keegan both resigned their posts after impressive starts to the season - West Ham with a more than satisfactory six points from nine and Newcastle with four. Considering Newcastle have travelled to Old Trafford and the Emirates already this season, that's an impressive return.

It has already been a crazy week in football and these two departures cap it off. More so as it was the managers who left, citing transfer policies as their reason. I for one applaud them for taking the decision. Who would be a football manager these days? If it is not the players holding clubs to ransom it is the board, apparently buying and selling players without the manager's knowledge.

Unfortunately for Newcastle fans, I don't think their board will ever learn. To have a successful football club you must have 100% faith in the man you put at the helm. He must have the final say on who comes and who goes in regards to playing staff.

The sale of James Milner appeared to be the final nail in the coffin, but in a statement released by Keegan earlier he was quoted as saying: "Clubs should not impose any player any manager that he does not want." What is unclear is which player has been imposed upon Keegan. Regardless of who the mystery man or men turn out to be, I back Kevin in his statement.

Curbishley clearly felt left in the dark in regard to the sales of Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney, who later endorsed the view by the latter claiming Curbishley was under the impression that both players were staying at Upton Park.

So where now for the clubs? And where now for managers? If not for the windfall Manchester City have received, they could also be looking for a new man as Mark Hughes made clear his annoyance over the transfer of Vedran Corluka to Tottenham.

West Ham have apparently drawn up a short list of 30 candidates (some short list!). Paolo di Canio and Slaven Bilic appear to be front runners. Di Canio would be a gamble of mammoth proportions. Bilic, on the other hand, is a definite possibility, but a lot will hinge on the outcome of Croatia's upcoming World Cup qualifying games, I fear.

A penny for Mike Ashley's thoughts! How big will his short list be, and (no disrespect to Newcastle fans) who would want the job? It is the poisoned chalice of football. Six managers have been at the helm between Keegan's two spells in charge. Stability just does not seem to be in the Newcastle vocabulary.

Hats off to Curbishley and Keegan. If you are not allowed to manage, then the only option is to walk away. There is no way a manager can manage if he is being undermined by the board (just ask Martin Jol). One thing is for sure; three games in, you can most definitely say that the Premier League is back up and running.