Ryder Cup 2008

[rambler14]

Kim was only good in the singles so I wouldn't class him as a star man.

My star men would be Mahan, Boo, Furyk and Holmes for the USA.

For Europe it would be Poulter, McDowell, Karlsson and Rose.

[joeSoap]

I don't know if Faldo can be criticised too much as he took a gamble with the singles & it did not work out.

Beg to differ. We started the singles 2 points behind, yet Garcia and Casey were the only top players to start the singles in the first half dozen players. It was imperative that we claw those points back early on, and imo we shhould have started our order something like:

Harrington
Poulter (form player)
Westwood
Garcia,
Casey,
Rose
Jiminez
McDowell,
Karlson
Wilson
Stenson
Hansen.

I believe Anthony Kim wrecked Garcias already fragile head on the very first hole when he made him putt out from 3 feet, and by questioning the legal position of a drop on the second. Garcia was never at the races thereafter and while Kim played some great golf, Garcia never stood a chance in the state of mind he was in. Harrington would not have been unnerved by this, and Kim would have been playing the Best Golfer in the World this year and might have been unsettled by this.

If we managed to level it on the scoreboard at any stage yesterday we would have really upset the Yanks and put them under a lot of pressure. The fact that we didn't is down to Faldo's singles selection.

The guy's a muppet.

[pete]

Garcia never stood a chance in the state of mind he was in. Harrington would not have been unnerved by this, and Kim would have been playing the Best Golfer in the World this year and might have been unsettled by this.

Faldo did not know the order of US team starting the final day. Harrington shot something like +4 yesterday which was by far worst of all players. If Casey had won or Hansen stolen a half the results at the tail might have been a lot different. Perry & Weekly were on fire & don't know if anyone could have held onto them.

The guy's a muppet.

That might be true but need to judge him on team performance. He was severely criticised for picked Poulter by everyone & he was top points earner. Casey did ok but not great. Faldo could not do much about Garcia & Harrington poor play.

[Dodge]

Faldo could not do much about Garcia & Harrington poor play.

If harrington was struggling, he definitely shouldn't have played the saturday foursomes. Foursomes require straight hitting. Some of his Partnerships were strange.

As you said pete, he needs to be judged on team performance. And it wasn't up to scratch.