Jose Mourinho holds crisis talks with Chelsea

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has held crisis
talks with his underachieving squad in a
desperate attempt to turn around their
disastrous start to the season.
The self-acclaimed 'Special One' brought his
players together this morning and demanded
his under performing stars to up the ante, with
club owner Roman Abramovich making it
crystal clear that a run of four matches without
a win - including back-to-back defeats - is not
acceptable.
Martin Jol's Fulham make the short trip to
Stamford Bridge on Saturday, and only a win
will do for Chelsea as Mourinho's men look to
get back to winning ways.
Another defeat would be a disaster for the west
London outfit and could even cast doubt over
Mourinho's Chelsea future, despite only
returning to the helm this summer.
In a bizarre twist, bookmakers Paddy Power
have even slashed odds on the Portuguese
tactician becoming the first managerial casualty
of the Premier League, with fresh doubts over
squad morale amongst the Chelsea squad.
Senior sources have described Mourinho's
impromptu meeting with Chelsea's first-team as
'positive', but the club's top players have been
left in no doubt that their Stamford Bridge
future's remain on the line.
Having slammed his "immature" squad in the
wake of their Champions League defeat,
Mourinho's message is clear - step up to the
plate or risk being sold by the Chelsea
hierarchy.
There is some good news for the Blues however
- skipper John Terry is likely to return to the
line-up having been dropped for the shock 2-1
home defeat at the hands of Basle in mid-week.