Ross assumed post-match media duties at Court Place Farm and insisted that the players should take the blame for poor recent form — not Lee and his assistant Graham Hyde.

The 26-year-old was fizzing with the way United capitulated in Oxfordshire after leading 2-1 at half-time.

Ross admitted the players would be doing everything in their power to collect three points from Saturday’s tough trip to Colwyn Bay.

VIDEO: Ian Ross interview