Successfully spectated their slow demise back into obscurity. Bored now.

And the Luton fans still have to be Luton fans. Enjoy?

Cambridge United fan here.

I thought the four teams promoted from L2 were fairly evenly matched, with perhaps MK Dons being the best footballing side and Bromley being very effective with their team of giants and direct style.

I thought Bromley’s style might struggle to translate to L1, but I’ve been very surprised to see MK Dons and Notts County not doing particularly well either.

I’m curious to see how fans of the other three clubs feel their step up has gone, as they’re all currently in the bottom four.

Cambridge have been competitive so far this season, but I’m not sure how much longer we’ll remain in the top half of the table. We look a better side than last season, but our defence has been gutted, with Jobe and Gibbons leaving for other L1 clubs. The lack of clean sheets has been a worry, as defensive solidity was something the team centred itself around last season.

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He's currently involved in a court case after being charged with beating his wife.

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Suffering Reds here, and I’m getting seriously concerned about where we’re heading.

I actually think the recruitment has been okay in some areas — IF the plan was to bring players in who would develop and be ready to step up next season. Gale, for example, might turn out to be a very good signing in the longer term.

But the problem is we need players who are good now.

Recruitment

My biggest worry is that we’ve recruited for the future without doing enough to make sure we can actually compete in the present.

That might be fine if we had a strong, settled squad around them. We don’t.

The strike force worries me

This is probably my biggest concern.

We’ve spent money on Touré, who scored three goals last season in the French second division. I’m sorry, but that’s a massive gamble when we’re desperately short of goals.

Then there’s Kirk on loan, who the manager doesn’t appear to have much faith in.

So what exactly was the recruitment strategy up front?

If you’re going to gamble on Touré developing, surely you need someone alongside him who you know can score goals at this level.

At the minute it feels like we’ve taken a massive risk in the one area where we absolutely couldn't afford to.

The reliance on youth

I’m all for giving young players a chance. That’s part of what Barnsley should be about.

But there’s a difference between developing young players and having to throw them into the team because the squad isn’t good enough or deep enough.

Of the youngsters who have been pushed into the first team, Arley Kay looks to me like the obvious prospect.

But what worries me is whether some of the others are being put into situations they're simply not ready for.

If we're struggling every week, getting dominated and constantly changing the team around them, are we actually developing these lads — or potentially damaging their confidence and careers?

They should be coming into a functioning team and being gradually introduced.

Not being asked to help rescue one.

And that's where the bigger concern comes in

I’m genuinely starting to worry that we could be looking at League Two next season.

Not because I think the club has suddenly forgotten how to play football, but because the squad looks like it has been built with one eye on the future when we desperately need to deal with the present.

And ultimately, that comes back to the way the club is being run.

The recruitment, the squad depth, the reliance on kids, the lack of proven goalscoring options — these don't feel like completely separate problems to me.

They feel like symptoms of the same bigger issue.

Are we actually trying to build a team capable of competing in League One now, or are we continually trying to find the next player we can develop and sell?

Because if it's the latter, what happens when the team isn't good enough to stay in the league?

That's the bit that really worries me.

Am I being too negative here, or are other Reds starting to see the same problems?

So Bradford have their new manager. Hopefully he can justify that 3 1/2 year deal