Another season of How I met your mother kicks off and managers of football clubs in Manchester have field days

 “Michael Owen doesn’t get to play enough.”

Alex Ferguson puts on the pundit hat and says the injury prone striker should be picked more often after Owen scored two goals for Manchester United against Leeds in the Carling Cup.

Oops…  He seems to have forgotten who selects the team!

“It was the right decision to choose Toure as captain.”

Manchester City not only closely follow their city rivals on the league table, manager Roberto Mancini enjoys taking a leaf out of Ferguson’s book too.  (See previous quote J )

Kolo Toure was banned for taking a banned substance (Apparently, he took his wife’s slim pills by mistake).

“If you have chemistry you only need one other thing, timing. But timing is a bitch.”

How I met your mother’s Robin Scherbatsky (played by Colbie Smulders)  comes up with possibly her best line on the sitcom yet. I haven’t watched all the episodes though. Do you agree with me?  

This video from the episode is a must-watch. 

You enjoyed it, didn't you?

AND FINALLY,

Click here to unveil the the top 100 movie quotes in American cinema.

Do you give a damn?

Quotes galore as Rahul Dravid plays his last ODI, US Open comes to an end and a former hedge fund analyst changes education

“If you put two processors in a phone, it becomes a dual-korean phone.”

Presenter Suresh Venkat speaks about the increasing market share of Korean phone makers such as

Samsung and LG.

“India have to be a bit careful now and score more boundaries!”

Sourav Ganguly defines his version of prudent batting during the middle overs of the last England vs India ODI at Cardiff.  I guess the effects of opening the batting with Virender Sehwag are rubbing off on Sourav.

“It was very strange to do something with social value!”

Educator Salman Khan states how he started his series of educational videos on this TED talk.

BANNER OF THE WEEK

“Sachin is God, Sourav is God on the off-side, Laxman is God of 4th innings, but when the doors of the temple are closed, even god stands behind the wall. We love you Dravid...!

Spotted during Dravid’s innings in the final match of the England – India ODI series.

(Thanks to Suraj Jain for reading it fast enough when shown on TV)

BLAST FROM THE PAST

“Young footballers seem to think they’ve won something in football  when they buy a house and two mobile phones”

Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez disapproves young players’ lack of ambition.

AND FINALLY,

Click here for all the quips from the recently concluded US Open.

Quotes from the Barclays Premier League, Ongoing Corruption Saga and more!

 “Referee Howard Webb has awarded 5 penalties in the 10 games he has officiated at 
Old Trafford. Out of the 10 penalties awarded in the BPL so far, 7 have been missed!

Combining these two stats, I think a penalty will be awarded today and there is a high likelihood that it would be missed!”

Football pundit PJ Roberts makes a bold prediction before the Manchester United vs Arsenal match.

Guess what, he was right. Hats off to the prognostic PJ.

“I am a wonderful actor, but I have to improve my vocabulary.”

Actor Om Puri is modest as ever after making derogatory remarks against MPs.  

“I was not drunk, but I don’t blame the media for their interpretation of my speech.”

Om Puri also inadvertently brings some comic relief in the fight against corruption.

“If you pay a bureaucrat to get work done, it is called bribery. When you pay it after the work gets done, it is called reward!”

A ‘rewarding‘ citizen puts things in perspective after folks from the telephone exchange restore her internet connection.  

“There must be a Wall Street in Bangalore!”

Commentator Harsha Bhogle exults as ‘The Wall’ scores yet another test century.
The voice of Indian cricket might have been criticized for his commentary recently. But it does not deter him from being a regular on this blog.