Mark Wright is closing in on the striker he believes could make all the difference to his Oxford United side.

"I'm still looking for a big man who can hold the ball up," he said after the U's had got their league campaign up and running with their first point of the season from a 0-0 draw at Swansea.

"As soon as we get a big man, the whole look of the side will change.

"There is somebody I've got in mind but it would be foolish of me to divulge who it is. It may take a while to get him because I would have to speak to the chairman, we'd have to have talks with him and all these things take time.

"But if we could get that one, I believe it would be brilliant for Oxford United."

Wright denied that the striker in his thoughts is ex-Watford centre forward Leo Fortune-West, currently languishing in Cardiff City reserves, though he did not rule him out as a future option if he is unsuccessful with his No 1 target.

After United's 2-1 home defeat by Rochdale, Saturday's result at the Vetch Field was a welcome boost.

"I'm very happy with a point," Wright said. "Swansea had a great result the previous week, winning 3-1 at Macclesfield. We worked hard in the week to keep a solid 3-4-3 and we possibly had the better chances.

"Andy Scott's offside goal was very, very marginal and we also had Martin Thomas clean through with a man on the deck playing everyone onside and it was given offside. The player didn't have a head injury, play didn't have to be stopped, so I really couldn't understand that one. All he had to do was roll the ball square and we would have scored.

"But if you ask me, did we deserve to win - well, no. There was a lot of endeavour out there.

"We dug in and got a result. Swansea are well organised, like us they came down and no-one really wanted to give anything away, and a draw was a fair result."

Some fans believe United still have a tendency to play the ball long too often, rather than try to work it through midfield, but Wright responded: "I'm not about playing a long ball game. But at times we were under pressure and sometimes you have to kick it long because that's the only option."

Australian defender Scott Guyett admitted: "It was good to keep a clean sheet. The gaffer, being a centre half himself, wants us to get that side of the game right first and foremost.

"But we also created chances in the match. The couple we had today were good ones.

"We've got to build on this result now."