But again Charlton's concentration wavered as Yeovil came back at them, playing the more assured football.In the 66th minute they were back in the game. Charlton's covering was loose when Arron Davies, a substitute for Bartosz Tarachulski, received the ball around the right-hand edge of the penalty area, and he struck a shot across the face of Kiely's goal and inside the far netting.A few minutes later, Yeovil had a marvellous opportunity to force a replay and add to Charlton's poor record in the competition. The chance fell first to Davies, whose hesitation allowed Kiely to block the shot, then to Phil Jevons, whose goals are propelling the West Country club to promotion from League Two Had Jevons blasted the ball he would surely have scored. Instead, his attempt at placement was foiled on the goal-line by El Karkouri's outstretched left leg.Yeovil went off to a standing ovation from both sets of fans.

At times yesterday it was less of a rest and more of a holiday. The prospect of four trophies lives on and Chelsea's passage into the FA Cup fifth round was achieved at a canter.It does nothing for the spirits of an away team that is losing at Stamford Bridge to see Didier Drogba, Arjen Robben and Frank Lampard gradually introduced to a game they are chasing, but Birmingham were beaten long before that trio appeared. "To be fair to him he just turned his back as the kick was taken. It's a training ground routine but it was a foul."A foul perhaps but it only seemed to emphasise the point that this Chelsea team are slicker and savvier than any of the competition - even Terry admitted that his block on Taylor was intentional.

Huth connected with such power that Maik Taylor could do nothing to stop his header ripping into the net and from then, the sixth minute, Chelsea never once looked like they would retreat from their position of superiority.Any student of the Mourinho coaching philosophy, as outlined in his latest book, will tell you that he encourages his players to chase and apply pressure when they do not have the ball and take their rest when they are in possession. If this was the Chelsea squad's way of telling their manager that he needed no new recruits, Ashley Cole or anyone else, then they made a compelling case.There was some complaint about Chelsea's first goal when John Terry blocked the path of the Birmingham defender Martin Taylor in order to allow Robert Huth to meet Damien Duff's corner unopposed, but it was a footnote to another performance of domination. "It's something that has been going on for 20 years, you just hope the referee sees it," Bruce said. The FA Cup has evidently not yet reached a serious enough stage for Jose Mourinho to consider fielding his full-strength, multimillion pound, unadulterated first string, which meant that yesterday was the turn of the Chelsea understudies.

But then these are no ordinary understudies, because Chelsea Seconds have ambitions of their own. Against the best that Birmingham City had to offer he made eight changes from the Carling Cup team that beat Manchester United on Wednesday and it was hard to spot the difference in quality. But I still do not know if I will be leaving."No one from the club told me about Birmingham's interest and the first I found out about it was from Sky. If things do not work out with that move then I will stay at Newcastle.". "If I do leave I would love to go back to Newcastle when Souness goes," he said.

"I would pay my own expenses - that is how much the club means to me. Yes, he is fiery but all I am hoping is that he gives me the nod and then let me worry about the rest."However, Bellamy said he still had the desire to play for Newcastle. Of course whenever you leave a club like Newcastle you have to be sure about where you go."He's a fantastic centre- forward, he's British and he's 25 - that's why I am paying £6m for him I have no qualms about his ability. Steve Bruce last night set a deadline of this morning for the Newcastle striker Craig Bellamy to decide whether he wanted to sign for Birmingham City, after the manager revealed that he had met the Welshman for lunch on Saturday in a bid to persuade him to move to St Andrew's. Bellamy, however, has hinted that he may stay at Newcastle and try to outlast the manager, Graeme Souness.Bruce said: "We've agreed a fee and I have spoken to the boy and tried to sell him the benefits of our club I reassured him that the club had great ambition. United left Roy Keane out of the 3-0 victory over Middlesbrough, while Mika?Silvestre and Paul Scholes started on the bench.