"Faldo clearly didn't want anyone in the team room with the potential to rock his boat"

John Huggan on Faldo selecting Poulter over Clarke:

Nick Faldo did exactly what we should have expected of him when he named Paul Casey and, more particularly, Ian Poulter as his two finishing touches to this year's European Ryder Cup side. Faldo's oversized ego was never going to be comfortable choosing someone with Darren Clarke's strength of character. Nor, for similar reasons, did he shed any significant tears over not picking the dreadfully off-form Colin Montgomerie.

"Faldo clearly didn't want anyone in the team room with the potential to rock his boat," points out one former Ryder Cup player who prefers to remain anonymous. "The 2004 Ryder Cup was all about Monty and his divorce; 2006 at the K Club was all about  Darren and the tragic death of his wife; Nick wants Valhalla to be all about him."

I just love how the Euros are beating themselves up. At this pace we might even have a match.