League Two: The sticky mire at the bottom that’s hard to escape

Only goal difference is keeping Swindon Town out of the bottom six and you won’t find many positive noises coming out of Wiltshire at the moment.

The supporters’ trust believes more football experience is needed within the club’s leadership.

A 3-2 victory at Cheltenham last weekend ended a four-game winless league run but home form, just four points gained from a possible 15 so far, has to improve considerably to keep Swindon’s heads above water.

Colchester United are just one goal better off than Swindon but, after three years of struggle, there is a relatively positive atmosphere around north Essex, a lot of which can be attributed to the appointment of Danny Cowley in January.

The loss of young stars Jay Mingi, Jayden Fevrier and Noel Chilvers has been covered by the recruitment of experienced heads such as Tom Flanagan, Rob Hunt, Alex Woodyard and Lyle Taylor.

The U’s will need to convert some of their draws into wins to ensure there is no need for a repeat of last season’s final-day escape.

Salford City and MK Dons will expect to climb the table given their ambitions and budgets at this level.

In manager Karl Robinson they have a man who knows what it takes to get out of League Two – but the Ammies need more goals to climb the table as only Tranmere have scored fewer than their seven so far.

MK Dons were expected to come flying out of the blocks after their play-off semi-final defeat by Crawley last season.

Instead they have struggled, seen manager Mike Williamson depart for Carlisle United and replaced him with their Crawley nemesis, Scott Lindsey.

It may take time for Lindsey to instil his playing style at Stadium MK but he is reunited with two of his promotion-winning Crawley squad in Laurence Maguire and Liam Kelly.