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Derby day is nearly upon us. The Robins’ have lost the two competitive fixtures against rivals Oxford United but make the short trip to the Kassam Stadium hoping to continue a fine 10 game winning streak and avenge The O’s win at the County Ground earlier in the season.  In preparation for Saturday’s local derby, ‘My Swindon Town Review’ has caught up with Oxford season ticket holder Steve Butcher (@SteveButcher72), who gives us his views on season expectations, a certain James Constable and how he sees this weekend’s clash. 

Remember queuing in -10 degrees at the County Ground for a ticket? Let’s hope it’s worth it...

Article can be found here http://stfcreview.blogspot.com/2012/03/opposing-view-oxford-united.html (http://stfcreview.blogspot.com/2012/03/opposing-view-oxford-united.html)

"If we could have turned some of the disappointing home draws into wins, I think we would be up in the top 3 now."

Does he realise they are NINE points away from third? So that's five disappointing home draws that should have been wins?

Other than that, a good read.

Definitely, we've drawn loads of really frustrating games this season which should have been wins.

I think they mean memorable, because they may have hurt us but they weren't important.

Don't put words into his mouth. If he thinks they're 2 of the most important goals Oxford have ever scored, then it just confirms our thoughts on them.

If we'd have turned some of last seasons draws into wins we wouldn't be in this Div

He comes across pretty well on there. Looking forward to tomorrow.

Quite. Ifs and buts. Every team has them. The facts speak for themselves at the end of the day.......

That is obvious, I was just responding to the question.

If we'd have turned some of them early defeats into draws we'd be top by now....oh no wait.

Has Kerrouche played at all yet? What do they make of him?

Kerrouche has been poor for them, job done.

He came on as a sub for his first appearance and set up a goal, looked a decent player. But hasn't played since. I think we only signed him to cover really, as we've got Potter, Craddock, and Pittman out.

Been listening to a fair bit of Jack FM the last few days. Have to say it's embarrassing how much the Oxford hate us. They had a competition on this morning called 'Swindon't' where you had to get questions about swindon wrong to win.  Two of the questions asked were as follows

People born in Swindon are
A. Swindonians
B. Very unlucky.

Swindon is home to
Can't remember option A
B. 26 people who went to university

Hilarious stuff. Although in fairness they do play some quality music on the whole.

The Guardian have got a little preview to our game too:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/football-league-blog/2012/mar/02/football-league-weekender