Town have no real injury worries ahead of tomorrow's away clash with Bradford. Titus Bramble is now more fully recovered from his cold, but is likely to be on the bench as against West Ham. Mark Venus and John McGreal are expected to be the centre-halves. Jermaine Wright and Matt Holland had minor knocks from the Hammers game, but both will be OK for tomorrow. Wright's groin has settled down, while Holland's ankle problem has recovered.
Up front Marcus Stewart is likely to be partnered by Richard Naylor once more with David Johnson likely to take some part in the game. Johnson's half-time substitution during Wednesday night's reserve game with Arsenal had been planned prior to kick off in order to keep him fresh for Saturday.
Of Town's other injuries, Guillermo Graaven is still well off fitness after his ankle operation, but there is better news for Keith Branagan. He is back in training and is likely to feature in next Tuesday's reserve game at West Ham. Wayne Brown is back from his sunshine break in Tenerife and has gone back into light training. Wimbledon are still keen to have Brown join them on a loan spell once he is fully over his hip injury.
Stuart Niven has been offered a three year deal by Barnet. The ex-Town midfielder impressed on trial even scoring a first minute goal on his first start last week at Carlisle.
Former Oxford boss Malcolm Shotton has said he expected George Burley to manage either Celtic or Rangerts at some point in his career. Shotton was Burley's number two at Ayr and is also a close friend of Dale Roberts. Currently the first team coach at tomorrow's opponents Bradford Shotton said of the Town boss: "When George went to Motherwell I thought he would stay in Scotland and one day end up as a manager at Celtic or Rangers."