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Tonkin back in the frame Defender Anthony Tonkin is set to return from injury for Oxford when they take on Crewe in npower League Two on Saturday. Tonkin missed the 3-0 victory at Aldershot last weekend with a hamstring problem but could come back into the starting XI for the visit of Alex. However, Tony Capaldi and Adam Chapman remain sidelined. Capaldi picked up a knee injury during his comeback reserve-team match against Bristol City last week and could be out of action for as long as two months, while Chapman is still not match-fit. Meanwhile, midfielder Josh Payne has joined Aldershot on a one-month loan deal and is therefore unavailable for manager Chris Wilder ahead of the clash at the Kassam Stadium. Forward duo Nick Powell and Ajay Leitch-Smith are expected to start for Crewe. Powell and Leitch-Smith received minor calf and ankle knocks respectively in the hard-fought 3-2 win over Plymouth but have shaken off the effects during training this week. If either player is not deemed fit to start, Shaun Miller is available to come into the attack having overcome an ankle complaint of his own to make his return following a three-match ban from the bench against Argyle. Defender Carl Martin has been unable to progress as intended in his rehabilitation from tendinitis in his hamstring after being struck down with a sickness bug this week. Manager Steve Davis wants his players to follow up last weekend's triumph with another victory and string together a positive sequence of results in a similar vein to the four-game unbeaten run the Railwaymen enjoyed at the start of his tenure last year. "We've had some good results, but I'm disappointed we've not been able to get a run going after our first four games," he told The Sentinel. "The players thought they'd cracked it, then they got beaten at Bradford, which was a reality check. We've made changes and got some improvements, but there's still a very long way to go."