But the straw that broke the camels back (my back that is) was the 2nd half substitution of Drogba on for Torres - nothing wrong with that initially - but it was the first few minutes of that second-half that finally convinced me that AvB has systematically conjured up a conspiracy to wreck the confidence of Torres.

Torres has been struggling for service ever since he arrived from Liverpool and AvB has compounded Torres' predicament. Chelsea seem to play around him and not with him and in those first few 2nd half minutes, long balls and high balls were deployed to find Drogba at the earliest available opportunity.

I accept that Torres is not a target man, but you cannot fail to notice how much work Torres has to get through, just to get a touch of the ball, let alone score any goals.

The media's persecution of our talented talisman is just getting boring. It is about time the media report on what they 'actually' see in that Chelsea, as well as trying to get behind the opposition's defence, play around Torres, leaving him an isolated and forlorn.

AvB's arrogance is simply excruciating. He hasn't got the charisma to pass off arrogance as 'charming.'

I accept that AvB has his own ideas and needs time to 'get things sorted' but when you have a £50m player at your disposal who built his career by scoring goals and another, Danny Sturridge, just itching to play through the middle, please tell me why AvB is stubbornly singlemindedly refusing to see the obvious?

AvB has no Plan B. I doubt he even has a Plan A!

His arrogance is down right contemptible to those before him that have brought success to the club since the Abramovich era began.

I accept that AvB had success with Porto, but let's face it, the Portuguese standard of football is 'Mickey Mouse' compared to the demands of the Premier League and the Europa League trophy he won is nothing compared to the high-profile 'Corrupt Cup.'

The way Chelsea are in decline under his tenureship, Chelsea will be lucky to be involved in next seasons Europa League and it is just as well Chelsea have passed the '40 point' barrier, because Chelsea's style of football is simply relegation fodder!!

With Napoli on the horizon (God Help Us), Tuesday night will be a night of tin-hats and playing hide and seek around the sofa and armchairs.

For the record, the winners of the St Andrews replay will be at home to Leicester City in the Quarter-Finals.

Chelsea: Cech (c), Ivanovic, Cahill, D Luiz, Bertrand, Ramires, Mikel (Kalou 57), Meireles, Sturridge, Torres (Drogba h/t), Mata (Lampard 82)

Goal: Sturridge 61

Booked: Cahill 54, Luiz 90

Birmingham City: Doyle, Carr (c) (Spector 12), Davies, Ibanez, Murphy, Elliott (Burke 82), Mutch, Fahey, Gomis, Redmond, Rooney (Jervis 70)

Goal: Murphy 20

Booked: Mutch 33

NEXT UP: Napoli (Corrupt Cup) (a), Tuesday 21/2/12, k.o. 7.45pm

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Chelsea 1-1 Birmingham City: I HOPE AvB Gets Sacked!

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Date: 20/02/2012 17:47

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Re: Chelsea 1-1 Birmingham City: I HOPE AvB Gets Sacked!

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Date: 20/02/2012 18:12

I totally agree with you. He should have been sacked sometime ago. Toress did not have any service that he wanted. I have not seen any passes that splits the difender and put the ball behind so toress would use his speed to get goals. Look, the service he got from the Gerard and Alonzo when he was at Liverpool. We need some miracle for Champion league. Drogba is not great either, but we appreciate his service that he put for seven years I guess since 2004. It is a time to get a rid of deadwoods players such as bosingwa, Malouda, Drogba, Mikel, and unfortunatly Lampard as well. Those players are not good enough for Chelsea FC anymore. We need some youths and wingers as well and one playmaker. I am so disappointed the way players did not put their 100% to this great club. I am not surprised if we lost the champion league spot this season.

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