The appointment of former Manchester City and Sunderland Peter Reid has provided a welcome boost to followers of Plymouth Argyle following their relegation from the Championship.
Former England international Reid will be working alongside Head Coach Paul Mariner and John Carver as Argyle look to win promotion from League One at the first attempt.
One downfall for the Pilgrims last season was their inability to find the back of the net-43 goals in 46 league games was hardly a prolific figure. However after the arrival of Northern Ireland striker Rory Patterson, a player who should make up for the sale of Jamie Mackie to QPR, and the impressive form of youth team product Joe Mason in their pre-season tour of Holland, Argyle have players who could hit the target on a regular basis.
When you throw in New Zealand World Cup striker Rory Fallon, Bradley Wright-Phillips and Steven McLean, Peter Reid almost has an embarrassment of riches at his disposal.
Another position where he has plenty of options available to him is in the centre of defence where he can all on Krisztian Timar, Marcel Seip, Kari Arnason, Bondz N'Gala and Reda Johnson.
Skipper Carl Fletcher, Luke Summerfield and new signing Anton Peterlin will battle it out for the spots in the centre of midfield, whilst Yala Bolasie and Craig Noone provide width on the flanks.
With the players at his disposal, Reid is more than capable of fashining a team that can challenge for the Play-Offs, but League One is a different league to the one they won promotion from in 2004.
Huddersfield, managed by the talented and ambitious Lee Clark missed out in the Play-Offs last season and have assembled a talented young squad to which they have added a number of experienced figures. Charlton finished 7th in the Premiership in 2004 look likely to be strong again, Southampton, now managed by Alan Pardew, were only denied a Play-Off spot last season by a points deduction and have been installed as the bookies favourites and Sheffield Wednesday who, like the Pilgrims, were relegated from the Championship last season and will be looking to make an immediate return.
All in all it promises to be an exciting season in League One for Argyle and one that will no doubt provide us with many twists and turns.
