Former Manchester United reserve team skipper Rose, 27, pulled the strings from midfield as Oxford ran Yeovil ragged, but admitted six or seven players could have won the bubbly including goal scorers Danny Hylton and Callum O'Dowda. He said:
"Danny's relentless and horrible to play against. He's always happy and it's hard not to love him when you see his work rate.
"Callum's also got the work rate required and his quality is showing through because of it. He got four goals last year and has two already this season, so that's good. He's a year older and definitely a year wiser."
But Rose feared for his Oxford future last term. He revealed:
"I was an un-used sub for about ten games and so you're thinking you're probably not going to be wanted. Fortunately I had a good last eight games and I'm delighted I was able to stay."
Hylton even had time for a joke at referee's expense after when picked up whistler Kevin Johnson's yellow card and waved it at him. Hylton said:
"I just had to do it. It's been shown it to me often enough, so I thought I'd get my own back! I always play with a smile on my face. There's no better job in the world. You're playing football, playing with your friends and doing well."
O'Dowda picked out Hylton for the opener in the fourteenth minute.
Keeper Artur Krysiak failed to collect O'Dowda's chipped cross from the right side of the box and striker Hylton found himself unmarked at he far post to nod in his fourth goal of the season.
In the 75th minute Hylton returned the favour to help O'Dowda to his second of the campaign.
Hylton surged into the box and put a low pass into O'Dowda's path for the easiest of tap-ins from a couple of yards.
Oxford boss Michael Appleton was delighted with the performance and joked:
"I'm happy and that's all that matters.
"We're eight points better off than we were last year. We're in a good place and on target after five games and have so many good, young energetic footballers."
Keeper Artur Krysiak failed to collect O'Dowda's chipped cross from the right side of the box and striker Hylton found himself unmarked at he far post to nod in his fourth goal of the season.
In the 75th minute Hylton returned the favour to help O'Dowda to his second of the campaign.
Hylton surged into the box and put a low pass into O'Dowda's path for the easiest of tap-ins from a couple of yards.
Oxford boss Michael Appleton was delighted with the performance and joked:
"I'm happy and that's all that matters.
"We're eight points better off than we were last year. We're in a good place and on target after five games and have so many good, young energetic footballers."
Appleton was especially pleased for O'Dowda and said:
"He hears, sees and breathes everything because he's a local lad. We just try to remind him to relax and trust the people around him."
Oxford signalled their intent in he first six minutes when Hylton fired a shot straight at Krysiak from the edge of the box and the former Poland U-19 stopper did well to save from full back George Baldock and then get up to immediately shut out striker Kemar Roofe.
In the dying minutes Roofe rattled the bar with a 25 yard shot and midfielder Liam Sercombe forced Krysiak to save with his feet as Oxford continued to press for more goals.
Town boss Paul Sturrock has six first team players out injured and could only name six on he bench. He groaned:
"Defensively we were shocking right through the team. They are all young lads. What can I do? Well if I had a shotgun I might be able to scare a few of them. The fear is that when you are that young, confidence can erode very quickly. To play how we played is mind-boggling."
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