Ryder Cup

[mondatoo]

Scenario for you Kev

Poulters the last game out on sunday on the last hole he has a put to win or lose the Ryder cup he sinks it we win he misses we lose.Would you want him to make the putt?

PS I agree with what your saying.

[Colchester Kev]

Scenario for you Kev

Poulters the last game out on sunday on the last hole he has a put to win or lose the Ryder cup he sinks it we win he misses we lose.Would you want him to make the putt?

NO.

[mondatoo]

Scenario for you Kev

Poulters the last game out on sunday on the last hole he has a put to win or lose the Ryder cup he sinks it we win he misses we lose.Would you want him to make the putt?

NO.

Seriously

[Colchester Kev]

Scenario for you Kev

Poulters the last game out on sunday on the last hole he has a put to win or lose the Ryder cup he sinks it we win he misses we lose.Would you want him to make the putt?

NO.

In fact that would be my dream scenario, the headlines "POULTER COSTS EUROPE THE RYDER CUP" would be fantastic.

[Colchester Kev]

Scenario for you Kev

Poulters the last game out on sunday on the last hole he has a put to win or lose the Ryder cup he sinks it we win he misses we lose.Would you want him to make the putt?

NO.

Seriously

Yes seriously ... to have someone like him (who shouldnt even be in the team) lauded and feted as a hero would seriously stick in my throat.

[mondatoo]

Scenario for you Kev

Poulters the last game out on sunday on the last hole he has a put to win or lose the Ryder cup he sinks it we win he misses we lose.Would you want him to make the putt?

NO.

In fact that would be my dream scenario, the headlines "POULTER COSTS EUROPE THE RYDER CUP" would be fantastic.

  Fair enough

[Rod Paradise]

Scenario for you Kev

Poulters the last game out on sunday on the last hole he has a put to win or lose the Ryder cup he sinks it we win he misses we lose.Would you want him to make the putt?

NO.

In fact that would be my dream scenario, the headlines "FALDO'S CHOICE POULTER COSTS EUROPE THE RYDER CUP" would be fantastic.

FYP

[sweet potata!]

It seems alot of you guys seem to resent Nick Faldo , i can't see why , sure he may have come across aloof and pompous or whatever in his day , but you can't fault a guy that was driven by been one of the best of all time , and alot like steve davis who has been mentioned in this thread , he was not particularly liked during his heyday but both imo have mellowed out in there old age and have shown character im sure people did'nt know they had, Faldo doing the commentary for u.s tv been an example

Anyway talk of wanting Europe to lose just because of Faldo or his wildcard picks is horseshit imo .

[Josedinho]

Poulter has already sunk the put that won us the Ryder Cup. I'd happily settle for him to do it again.
COME ON EUROPE!

[ShatnerPants]

I cant beleive you can say that Steve Davis has limited talent! He is without doubt in the top 3 snooker players of all time! I think i understand what you were trying to say regarding Alex Higgins having shedloads of ability but not working at it but i think you need to revise your pick for limited ability who works really hard!

Exactly.

Steve Davis is one of my sporting heroes.

But he wasn't one of the most naturally talented players out there.

Apart from Higgins, look at players like O'sullivan, Hendry, Williams, White, Reardon. To name a few

So talent wise he's somewhere in the top 10.  But success wise he's 2nd to Hendry. The difference between the Readon era, and Davis was huge.  But the difference between Davis and Hendry was titchy in comparison.

Davis is the most important man in the history of the game imo.  But naturally he wasn't the most talented.  A huge amount of his success was down to hard work and dedication.

[ShatnerPants]

It seems alot of you guys seem to resent Nick Faldo , i can't see why , sure he may have come across aloof and pompous or whatever in his day , but you can't fault a guy that was driven by been one of the best of all time , and alot like Steve Davis who has been mentioned in this thread , he was not particularly liked during his heyday but both imo have mellowed out in there old age and have shown character im sure people did'nt know they had, Faldo doing the commentary for u.s tv been an example

Anyway talk of wanting Europe to lose just because of Faldo or his wildcard picks is horseshit imo .

BTW Faldo is another of my heroes.  He had one of the best games of all of the British players ( The European tour was still mainly GB & Ire + Sevvy at the time ) but knew enough that he destroyed his game for 3 years to come back with an unshakable swing that would stand up under limitless pressure.   It was only his putting going off that stopped him staying at the top for even longer.

A lot of his arrogance was down to his drive to win.  A trait missing in most British sportsmen ( Poulter included, I fear ), but one which should be respected, not despised.  On the course he played a more gentlemanly game than someone like Sevvy, who was better at the pr, but definitely included gamesmanship in amongst his weaponry.  ( Of course Sevvy winding up the Yanks was a good thing - not the same at all  )

Also anyone that carries on playing when they know their game is second best also rates hugely as far as I'm concerned.  Sandy Lyle's love for the game was a case in point.  And I hope Monty gets his game back enough to compete in the Ryder cup again.

[henrik777]

If Poulter were to go in the rough and hurt his wrist so badly he couldn't play again it wouldn't be a shame. Having seen the way he treats people and the things he does whilst on tour and heard that they are not one off i can only agree with Kev.

Hopefully Valhalla is one of those courses with Crocs and he gets what he deserves.

Sandy

[Horneris]

USA USA

[Karabiner]

Scenario for you Kev

Poulters the last game out on sunday on the last hole he has a put to win or lose the Ryder cup he sinks it we win he misses we lose.Would you want him to make the putt?

NO.

Seriously

Yes seriously ... to have someone like him (who shouldnt even be in the team) lauded and feted as a hero would seriously stick in my throat.

I rest my case.

PS Exactly which part of "captain's pick" are you struggling to comprehend when you say that Poulter "shouldn't be in the team"?

[scotty2hatty]

Stenson's initials the only ones not on Faldo's paper, anyone know anything?