Charlton fans sometimes assert that League One is a pub or crap league, so it was interesting to read in yesterday's Football League Paper what two newly promoted managers think.
Gareth Ainsworth forged Wycombe Wanderers into a League One force and indeed, somewhat to my surprise, they are currently chairing the division.
Ainsworth has now taken on the unenviable task of reviving Shropshire's finest and he made a first rate start against moneybags club Birmingham City on Saturday.
Ainsworth says: 'Over the years, this division has probably run away from the smaller clubs. League One has got stronger and stronger over the years. Some of the money that's in League One now .... [it] has really gone crazy with its finances.'
Mansfield's Nigel Clough is approaching 1,500 games as a manager. He has noticed the jump in standard from League Two. 'It's exactly as we thought it would be - a step up from last season without a doubt. There are some very good teams. It's the quality of the players, especially the forwards, it's the quality of everything.'
So is the third tier now a 'rich man's playground' as the FLP claims? And what does that mean for clubs like Charlton?
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