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After two long weeks of nothing on the pitch, we were finally treated to not just one but two matches in a row as the frosty weather cleared that had interfered with our recent games.
First up was the home fixture on Valentines Day as Oxford made hard work of Dagenham and Redbridge. The first half in truth was a boring affair with very little to shout about, as the many new signings played competitively together for the first time. However the second half saw a change in mentality. United opened the scoring soon after the break with Oli Johnson netting his first for the club.
The Daggers hit back with just 20 minutes to go but this still gave enough time for James Constable to grab the winner and move into double figures for the season at long last. ‘Beano’ had been on a bit of a goal drought with this being his first of 2012 and hopefully it should do wonders for his confidence.
Confidence is a very important thing that we will need to be building up in the next couple of games before the small matter of facing Swindon Town.
Saturday’s fixture against Bristol Rovers saw a stalemate as the weather tried to be a factor once again. The match was actually in doubt as torrential rain poured in the West Country, but after an inspection it was decided the pitch was playable. It finished 0-0 and is another solid point for the U’s to build on with three home games in a row coming up next.
One player to comment on is Mehdi Kerrouche who came of the bench against the daggers and was handed a full debut against the Pirates, Kerrouche helped set up the winning goal on Tuesday and linked up well with the front line against Rovers.
The next two weeks sees three home games against Barnet, Macclesfield and then Swindon, providing there are no more unexpected postponements of course.
After our last home game there is hope that we can push on and transfer some of the brilliant away form from this season to home matches. This season in all competitions we have won only half of the home games and for a team wanting to push for promotion that just is not good enough.
Not every team can play consistently well for a whole season and you have to think that the clubs above United are sure to slip up sooner or later. Automatic promotion currently looks a long way off but with a few more wins in the next couple of weeks anything could yet be possible.
By Oxford United blogger Mickey Cosier
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