Q&A with Letter of the Weekend winner Dinesh Bora

When and why did you start supporting Chelsea?

Well I wouldn’t say I am a life long supporter of Chelsea but it started after the 2006 World Cup which piqued my interest in football. I decided to look up the players who had played in the tournament and found that a few of the top players had played for a Premier League side named Chelsea.

I was curious, who were they and were they any good? I later found out they had won 2 consecutive league titles and had spent alot of money buying many of their players.

Terry-able against United

MANCHESTER United consigned Chelsea to their heaviest defeat at Old Trafford last night with a 3-0 victory over the Blues, with goals coming from Nemanja Vidic, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov.

THE POSTMAN LIM SAY HENG says: What was more worrying was how Chelsea conceded the goals, even with their first-choice central defensive pairing of John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho back. All three goals, plus the disallowed header by Cristiano Ronaldo came from crosses from the flanks.

By most accounts, Terry and Carvalho would have eaten up these crosses easily, especially the England captain, whose superb aerial ability is reknown. So what happened last night?

Stoke v Man United

MANCHESTER United will have a great opportunity to catch up with leaders Liverpool and Chelsea tonight when they face Stoke at the Britannia Stadium later tonight.

The English and European champions are seven points off Liverpool, but with two games in hand, and an away victory would put pressure on both Chelsea and Liverpool, who are playing later tonight.

THE POSTMAN LIM SAY HENG SAYS: On paper, this should be an open-and-shut case for United. The Red Devils are currently lying fourth in the league, albeit with two games in hand, while Stoke are 15th, level on points with Middlesbrough and one ahead of Spurs.

What’s more, United put five past a hapless Stoke just last month, with Cristiano Ronaldo playing a starring role.

But consider this: while Stoke has conceded 20 goals away from home so far, they have only let in half that number at the Britannia Stadium. And they have been more prolific in front of their own fans as well, scoring two-thirds of their total goals at home this season.