ASH WEDNESDAY: Jose Mourinho's anger threatens to alienate his Chelsea players... it's a far cry from when he inspired Didier Drogba at Watford

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Didier Drogba remembers the best team talk Jose Mourinho ever gave as Chelsea manager. It was at Vicarage Road in March 2007 and Drogba had just returned to England after being named African footballer of the year. ‘At half-time it was 0-0 and Jose came in,’ he remembers. ‘Sheva (Andriy Shevchenko), this week I asked if you could play with your knee problem and you said yes, now go out and play.

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