This is an article by Jay one of our forum regulars. It is an expansion on a post he made commentating on the recent positive comments we’ve been receiving from the national press.

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It’s been a very weird season for me as a Bluenose, for the first time in my lifetime anyway, we’re challenging on both major domestic fronts. In a season when ‘them’ from down the road have booked a trip to Wembley, it’s becoming a reality that the we might be booking our tickets too in a couple of months.

It seems this season, based on the league table anyway, that the gap in power is closing in the Midlands, 21 games into the season, Aston Villa sit 3 points above Birmingham City in the Premier League, and with Birmingham being the form side in England, that gap could soon be all gone.

It moves me onto the next 2 month’s at this football club, ever since Carson Yeung and his army came into St. Andrews, they changed the feel of the club, and since they officially took over the club, they’ve not witnessed a defeat, 15 games it’s spanned, but it seems the easy work is now done.

The games coming up are huge, Chelsea & Spurs, as we look to battle into the top seven of the Premier League, something McLeish will secretly have his eye on, although he won’t tell us and it’s something many Bluenoses are starting to look at, whispers of; “Clear your schedule mate.” “Renewed your passport?” Are all starting to creep into the minds of us Blues fans and it’s Febuary and March that are going to for me, define this incredible season.

Not only have we made amazing strides within the Premier League, causes some shocks, shut out the un-stoppable Chelsea, been robbed at Anfield, but quietly, carefully, we’ve came through two of the toughest FA Cup draws you could imagine. Away at Nottingham Forest, another one of the country’s form sides, poor performance in both ties, we come away with a win. Everton away, a team in form, a very classy performance = 5th Round. Next up on the road to Wembley, Derby County, the easiest draw on paper so far, it’s down to the character of this amazing squad to show their ambition, their belief in themselves and the sheer cheek to continue marching towards Wembley, can it be done? I think so, and I think they do too.

It just shows the change in perspective since the start of the season, a lot of grumbling fans, a board that wasn’t wanted, a lack of investment, the only bright light being the manager and even he was under-pressure due to a lack of good football. Now, January 2010, he’s a hero, a tactical mastermind, he’s moulded the best outfit I’ve ever possibly seen at St. Andrews and all that’s missing is Lé God scoring blinding free-kicks and back-heels.

It’s been an amazing season so far, and the next two games will show everybody what we’re made of, if we come out of those beaten, bruised, confidence down, I think we’ll yet again see that the spirit within this club, 8th, 10th, 12th, 17th is amazing and I think we should all be proud of every single person associated with this football club, including the fans.

KRO, here’s to Wembley!

Jay