Coventry City earned an immediate return to the third tier with a thorough 3-1 win against Exeter City in the play-off final, but there's much more work to do if they're going to keep away from the bottom half of the table this season.

The play-off final win came against a poor Exeter City side who seemed to be playing for penalties from the start.

Paul Tisdale was all-too aware his job was under threat having been served notice eighteen months before and within days of losing the final, he left.

The fact the Sky Blues even made the top seven at all was partly through other's misfortune. Both Swindon and Mansfield looked likely to keep them out of the play off hunt until management changes late on in the season and despite some rather humiliating home defeats, Mark Robins stumbled into the top seven.

Now they face a different test altogether, games against Sunderland, Charlton and Portsmouth as opposed to Morecambe and Yeovil.

That said, Yeovil rattled six past them at the Ricoh as the season drew to a close, underlining the fact that maybe, they weren't quite ready to bounce straight back.

Lincoln City beat them 4-2 at home just a few weeks before the end of the season, again highlighting their defensive frailties at home.

Indeed, had they not secured Jonson Clarke-Harris on loan they might have struggled for the goals to get them to the Wembley final at all.

He took some responsibility from the shoulders of Marc McNulty and helped to ensure a porous defence didn't derail their promotion push.

Losing Jodi Jones in November also hurt their attempt to finish in the top three, they replaced him with Jordan Maguire-Drew, who flopped miserably, as well as Carl Baker. Both were frantic rolls of the dice that didn't work out.

They have moved to address the issues at the back, bringing in giant defender Abu Ogogo from Shrewsbury and Chelsea's England U19 star Dujon Sterling, but they'll need more than that if they're not going to be exposed in League One. Aging midfielder Michael Doyle had a decent season for them, but he's 36 now and unlikely to hold up for another full season at this level.

Whilst promotion gives them the luxury of a status that their ground perhaps benefits, recruitment is going to be key over the next couple of weeks.

Coventry City are a huge club at this level, but they've no given right to stay there. League Two wasn't as easy as they considered and perhaps in the end they went up thanks to other clubs throwing it away, rather than earning it themselves.

With that being the case, they need to ensure that this season they're well equipped for the challenges that await with a squad strong in variety and depth.