geordie_racer
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WHO WILL BE FALDO'S WILD CARD SELECTIONSAs the ast qualifying tournament for ryder cup points gets underway who will be the skipper's picks?
Poulter has stayed in the USA and is relying on being one of them; has faldo has a word?
Will he pick Monty? The man isnt playing well just now but is a ryder cup legend and always raises his game agains tthe usa
Will he bottle it and just pick the next 2 out of the points list?
Will he go for emotion and pick Darren Clarke after last week's win?
any thoughts?
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golfswing
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Personally I think he will pick Clarke as he has just started to run into form and I would say Poulter (although personally I do feel he is a bit of a show pony).
Not long now until we find out one way or the other...
As an outsider to get a pick, I wouldnt discount McGinley
Cheers
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Rammy
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Clarke and Casey
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Solerina
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He will pick Clarke and Poulter.
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qzy
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Clarke and Casey as well
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L.C.
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I wouldnt take Poulter - compare the attitudes of him and Justin Rose - Rose plays Gleneagles to try and secure his place, Poulter swans off to America and follows the cash.
If Faldo spoke to Poulter, it should be tell him to get his arse up to Gleneagles or forget it - he could have helped his captain out there by trying to secure an automatic place ahead of a more inexperienced player sitting just in the team and no more (Hansen or Wilson) and making Faldos picks slightly easier. Its all about Poulter with Poulter, not a team player in my eyes.
I'm delighted that Clarke has hit some good recent form, as i think we could do with his experience, seeing as there is no way Monty can possibly be selected.
Clarke and Casey for me.
Quietly confident we'll win no matter what the team is. Nothing better than when Langer stuffed Sutton 4 years ago on American soil.
Cheers
LC
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Binge
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IMHO he has had a word with Poulter. Therefore I think Poulter & Casey (but would love him to pick Clarke.)
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harchiefan
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Clarke and Poulter.
Although I would love if he didnt pick Poulter.
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Machiavellian
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I'd pick Poulter and Casey, but I'm not captain.
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awaywardlad
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Poulter & Clarke.
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Flatz
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Looks like the smart money would be on Casey and Poulter to be picked, even though I would pick Darren Clarke myself instead of Poulter.
Interesting what golfswing says about McGinley being an outside chance, I would even add the possibility of Monty or even my old favourite David Howell being picked as rank outsiders if they one of them were to go and win at Gleneagles this weekend; both are handily placed in the Top-10 at the moment with Howell knocking in a six-under 67 today. Monty's Ryder Cup exploits are of course legendary and Howler's been in the last 2 victorious European teams, and is still one of the best putters in the business in spite of his erratic form of the tee since his return from injury.
I still feel that Clarke will get the nod ahead of Poulter. Casey is probably nailed-on (unless he has upset Nick recently)
Cheers
Flatz
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YAIYAM
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Poulter & Casey in the end then with Clarke & Pettereson Just behind
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Solerina
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Looked after his fellow country men.
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SkankyMinga
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There seems to be a lot of negativity around Ian Poulter being the wildcard pick ahead of Darren Clarke, which I don't understand really. I presume Clarke is ahead on points.
What I also fail to understand is how can someone finish 2nd in the Open but not qualify automatically? He has obviously had a lot poorer season than I realised.
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Rammy
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| SkankyMinga wrote: | There seems to be a lot of negativity around Ian Poulter being the wildcard pick ahead of Darren Clarke, which I don't understand really. I presume Clarke is ahead on points.
What I also fail to understand is how can someone finish 2nd in the Open but not qualify automatically? He has obviously had a lot poorer season than I realised. |
Darren Clarke has won 2 tournaments this season and has an excellent Ryder cup record. Poulter apart from the Open championship has only one top ten finish this season and generally talks a good game rather than letting his clubs do the talking
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geordie_racer
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| Rammy wrote: | | SkankyMinga wrote: | There seems to be a lot of negativity around Ian Poulter being the wildcard pick ahead of Darren Clarke, which I don't understand really. I presume Clarke is ahead on points.
What I also fail to understand is how can someone finish 2nd in the Open but not qualify automatically? He has obviously had a lot poorer season than I realised. |
Darren Clarke has won 2 tournaments this season and has an excellent Ryder cup record. Poulter apart from the Open championship has only one top ten finish this season and generally talks a good game rather than letting his clubs do the talking |
I think hes picked poulter on attitude and the fact that faldo himself has always criticised players for hiding in europe and not testing themselvs on the us circuit; this is kind of poulters reward
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MT VESSELS
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He has picked Poulter and Casey because he wants to be the top dog as Captain.
I think it showed with the number of messages Darren Clarke got from the rest of the team, who was more popular and respected, DC not NF.
Terrible pick.
MT jnr
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Sky_Of_Darkness
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| MT VESSELS wrote: | He has picked Poulter and Casey because he wants to be the top dog as Captain.
I think it showed with the number of messages Darren Clarke got from the rest of the team, who was more popular and respected, DC not NF.
Terrible pick.
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Totally agree that it's a terrible pick, as Poulter is not really what a team wants, plus his form is appalling so he doesn't deserve a place. However, being popular and respected aren't criteria for justifying a pick or not.
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Flatz
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Although I would have preferred Darren Clarke in the team to Poulter, at the end of the day it is Faldo picking the 2 wildcards and nobody else. He has his gameplan and fair play to him for sticking to his guns. I remember Woosie getting a lot of stick before the last Ryder Cup about his perceived style of captaincy, and we all know the result of that encounter. I think that Faldo will do OK, and Europe should probably be good enough to win the Cup again, with or without Poulter, I would guess 16-12 to be the final score.
Faldo is on a hiding to nothing in any case, as he wouldn't like to be remembered as the captain of the first European side to lose this century.
Cheers
Flatz
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geordie_racer
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can we all agree that Poulter was an inspired choice now?
3 points out of 4 and no european can outscore him this week....
well played young man
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