John, you're so right. Starting with John Hopkins who so irritated Faldo at the pre-match conference about the pairings list. Were he a US journalist I could understand it, but is he suggesting that it was his job to get a really honest answer out of Faldo even if it were to cost Europe the cup ?

edward, London, England

Why did people think that Europe was going to win all the time? Teh US Team used to look very good on paper a few time before. Nothing in golf is guaranteed and each round is never quite the same.
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M. Taylor, Brampton,

Maybe if the British press wasn't so eager to slay Faldo, it might have been an easier. week for him. Overall, you guys were a disgrace. It was a great week of golf and the Press let it be overshadowed by your stories on Faldo, shame on all of you.

John, Bellevue, USA

Why is everyone so shocked the Americans won. This event has been played 37 times, and the yanks have won it 25 times. Britain was so bad at it they had to recruit the rest of europe just to make it competitive. Faldo made some mistakes, but none of the competitors helped him out.

Daniel, Melbourne, Austrailia

Faldo's big three players did not come through. It was a great Ryder Cup with Faldo and Azinger providing great pre-event entertainment. I suggest they both remain captain's for the next Ryder Cup in 2010 and that Clarke and Monty earn their way on this team!!!

John Mac Millan, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Utter nonsense. Unless that is, every decision that precedes a loss is by definition a mistake. Faldo did fine. A couple of European players didn't fire and the middle ranked Americans played above themselves. No more. Don't overshadow what was a fantastic sporting contest.

Joseph Wright, Seattle (Brit expat), USA

If the bottom was overloaded then surely by implication the top was weak. So how come the top 4 managed 2.5 points and the bottom 2 lost against relatively weak opposition. To win you need to score points throughout the team not just at the top. Faldo didn't miss the puts or hit it in the water!

Andy, York,

The whole event was brilliant from start to finish so don't spoil it by being wise after the event and blaming Faldo for what might have been.

Weekly and Perry will probably never play so well again and Harrington and Garcia probably won't play so badly. The best team won on the 'day'. Fair enough.

Ed Potter, Pattaya, Thailand

Some incredible logic here: Faldo's biggest mistake apparently was to "overload the bottom of the Europe order " with players like Westwood and Harrington who were consistently losing matches? Sergio should also have played at the tail-end! Now Poulter - that WAS a mistake ...

KeithS, San Jose, California, USA