Here is Dale’s latest contribution. Enjoy.

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The clash of the blues this Saturday will be a dead cert away win on some naive punters accumulator up and down the country but I wouldn’t be so sure. Our 9 game unbeaten run has been a product of having one of the most resilient back lines in the league and a burning desire in the experienced lads to win, albeit ugly and scrappy at times. Chelsea will travel up the M1 in there classy chauffeur driven super-coach and will undoubtedly expect to turn us over. And for all their superstars and financial power so they should. But that’s not the way it works any more.

This season has been one of the most unpredictable so far, with Liverpool stumbling all over the place, it looked to be a two horse race between United and Chelsea. Then an inconsistent few results from both of them and Arsenal look to be back in the race. In reality the title will go to one of the current top two but they are making hard work of it. Now I need not remind anyone of the current run we are on, and entering unknown territory, in a game most would expect us to lose, it will be an interesting spectacle to observe. With a tough run of games coming up, points will be dropped and games lost but what a better way to approach the big boys like Chelsea and United than off the back of a remarkable run of form.

The feel good factor is still very much alive; players are fighting for each other and their places as the January transfer window is around the corner. We must intimidate Chelsea, let them know they are in our backyard, our house and we take no prisoners. Respect them but do not fear them. They are vulnerable at the moment, there for the taking, we have the players to match them with desire and with a touch of class we may just send them back to their luxury homes in Kensington battered and bruised and without a point to show for it.

Boxing Day’s game at home to the league leaders will be nothing short of scintillating. The majors against the minnows. Lampard hampered by the ankle biting Ferguson, Jerome and Benitez against the cart horses of Terry and Carvalho and the most mouth watering prospect of our very own colossus in Roger Johnson (If declared fit) against the Chelsea warrior, Didier Drogba. And yes, they will say, they have too much quality for us, they yes they will say our run must come to an end but anyone expecting a Birmingham side to roll over and die will be in for a shock. The pre-madona’s from the capital will be faced with a packed out St.Andrews on a bitterly cold day against a team with a hard hitting, never say die attitude. And if we take our chances, the boys from the second city will have to draw a nice little diagonal line against their tally chart of 9, but surely this would be the most prized scalp so far!

Now, any Predictions?