If you looked solely at Oxford’s goal scorers from their 3-0 win at home to Burton Albion on Saturday, with no knowledge of the issues the club has faced recently, you might think you were looking at the scorers’ list from an early pre-season game.

These are names you would have expected to have moved on and perhaps never played in an Oxford shirt again.

Instead, it is a testament to the work of Aaron Ramsey and his staff, and their ability to reintegrate players into the squad - not simply to make up the numbers, but to make a difference.

Gatlin O’Donkor made yet another impact off the bench, scoring his third goal of the season and now topping the League One scoring charts with a remarkable 2.13 goals per 90 minutes.

Talk about an impact off the bench.

But it’s the attitude and determination to take second and, in........

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