Striker Barnett, 29, is on loan from Peterborough until January and finally beat excellent stopper Trevor Carson with his third goal of the season before revealing:
"He had a brilliant game and had stopped me from a similar position early on. As we came out for the second half Ryan whispered to me that he'd noticed their keeper had a habit of spreading himself when he rushed out.
"It was good advice and so I put the ball between his legs. I don't think he'll get an assist though."
And honest hit man Barnett admitted:
"I probably have half the number of goals I expected to get by this stage off the season, but hopefully I'll kick on from here."
Cheltenham opened the scoring in Paul Buckle's first game after succeeding Mark Yates who was sacked last Monday and defender Jack Deaman claimed the former Torquay manager had an immediate impact.
Deaman, 21, teed up Byron Harrison for his seventh goal of the season and said:
"It was a pretty straightforward goal. Byron did really well to put it away, but the build up was simple and the boss had told us to keep it that way. Sometimes you can over-complicate things, but if you keep it simple it's likely to get you results."
Buckle was delighted with his new team and said:
"I’d like the boys a bit fitter. We had a few go down with cramp, but that shows me they gave everything. In January we need to add and help this squad, but they’ve been brilliant."
Oxford chief Michael Appleton said:
"It should've been six points with the number of chances we had! I'm disappointed in the result, but everything else I'm delighted with."
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