So, that’s the winning feeling.

It definitely wasn’t always pretty - for large periods of the game on Saturday, it was rather ugly - but it was a first win of the season for Oxford United and a first competitive victory in management for Aaron Ramsey.

As expected, Stevenage - a side that only lost twice at home last season and finished the campaign in sixth - set up for a battle.

Despite flashes of threat, particularly in the first half, it was clear a large part of their gameplan was to disrupt the control and rhythm Oxford wanted to create.

United needed to adapt.

Ramsey and most of the players have spoken since his arrival about the shift towards a more possession-heavy approach. It sounds great, but as we saw on Saturday, the style needs and does have........

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