Question of the Weekend (Who is the bigger flop?)

THE POSTMAN’S QUESTION OF THE WEEKEND: Robbie Keane at Liverpool or Dimitar Berbatov at Manchester United, who is the bigger flop of the two and why?

Q&A with Letter of the Week winner Er Chian Kong

When did you start supporting Liverpool and why? 

I started supporting Liverpool in August 1994. Back then, there were limited telecast of the English Premier League and I happen to catch the highlights of the Liverpool vs Arsenal in which Robbie Fowler scored a hat trick in 4 minutes.

I was mesmerised by the simplicity of Liverpool’s passing, in which they dominated possession and the players seemed so calm under pressure. In fact, playing their way out of trouble seemed to be Liverpool trademark in those days.

I then began to read up more about Liverpool whenever I could (there was no internet back then) and since then there’s no turning back!

Q&A with Letter of the Weekend winner Alan Song

Hi all,

Welcome to this new section in the Postman, where we conduct a short Q&A with our Letter of the Week and Weekend winners.

Our inaugural interview is Alan Song, who won the Letter of the Weekend on Tuesday. Read below on what he has to say about the recent flurry of transfers at the end of the January window and Liverpool’s recent victory over Chelsea.

Do you think Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Chelsea will be the turning point for the Reds, after their recent string of results?

It will be only a short turning point. This result will rejuvenate them to win for next 3 to 4 matches but this rejuvenation will not last long as they tend to go back to their old habit of defending their lead again instead of trying to score more goals.

More draws are expected but I do not see them losing matches but the drawn matches would already have cost them the title.

What makes a captain?

WHILE Ledley King is to remain as Spurs captain, Harry Redknapp has entrusted with Robbie Keane with the task of leading the team in games, according to a Soccernet article.

This came just a day after the Irishman completed his transfer from Liverpool, barely six months after moving to Anfield from White Hart Lane.

THE POSTMAN LIM SAY HENG says: Call me old-fashioned, but I can never understand how young or new players can be put in such an important position – the person who takes charge of his team on the field.

While these players may have the leadership abilities and the ability to inspire through their performances, the most important things that a captain should have is respect from his own team-mates, as well as the ability to communicate with them.

Keane’s transfer proves that Premier League rules are useless

ROBBIE Keane made a sensational return to Spurs from Liverpool on the transfer deadline day, just about half a year after signing for his boyhood club in a £20.3m transfer.

Now the Irishman is back at White Hart Lane for £16m, marking the end of his very unhappy stint at Anfield, and making him the third Spurs old boy to rejoin the club in less than a year after leaving. Jermain Defoe and Pascal Chimbonda are the other two players who came back to the Lilywhites during the January transfer window.

THE POSTMAN LIM SAY HENG says: Wait a minute, isn’t this against the rules? TimesOnline reported in December that Defoe and Keane may not be able to rejoin Spurs because of Rule L19 of the Premier League regulations (read story here). It states that:

“A Club which transfers or cancels the registration of a Player may not apply to register that Player within a year except with the prior written consent of the Board.”

(see the full set of regulations here)

And the Postman Personality of the Month award goes to…

WELCOME to the first Postman Personality of the Month, where The Postman highlights a sports personality who has consistently hogged the headlines over the past month.

And in the first month of 2009, there have been many – Tevez’s contract wrangle has made him a mainstay in the headlines, while Kaka has kept many Milan and Manchester City fans at the edge of their seats for the better half of the month.

But it is Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez who has been dominating the sports pages this month with his wild comments, leading some fans to wonder if the Spaniard has lost it after a fine start to the season.

Let us recap Rafa’s month of madness:

Question of the Weekend (Should Keane stay or go?)

The Postman’s Question of the Weekend: Should Robbie Keane stay at Liverpool or find a new club in January, and why?