 So the Ryder Cup it is not too far away the final pick has come in in terms of captain's picks from Jim Fiorick and it opens up a whole debate for me in terms of who's got it right so far we'll not know the answer until the end of this month for sure but all's armchair fans what do we think of captain's picks time who's got the best team who is gonna win the Ryder Cup 2018 and let's start with that so comments down below it's largely gonna be whether you watch this video as a European or an American I assume who's gonna win the Ryder Cup Team USA or Team Europe that's the first question I pose but because of that how much influence are the captain's picks being are they right or the wrong who's done their homework who's got it right at this point and the biggest thing for me I think it's controversy on both sides in terms of the picks let's go back can we get back to the American well I've got the American team here that's something a while but I've got it back up on the screen I wanted which was starting off first of all with Team Europe who has Thomas Bjorn gone with and let's see first of all with the captains he's Donald Harrington Carlton McDowell westward vice-captains that is very strong team support network behind him with a wealth of experience in the Ryder Cup and he's certainly gone down that route in terms of the wild cards in terms of the captains picks as they call them first of all let's look at the players who qualified based on Merritt which is Fleetwood, Hatton, Macaroy, Molinari, Noran, Olson, John Rahm, Justin Rose, Justin Rose the new world number one Justin Rose that is so you look at that and we've got there's two or three players in there not got the massive experience rookies as you'd call them slightly concerned about never gonna know how they're gonna perform once they get out into the bright lights of the Ryder Cup so for me Bjorn has recognized that and he's very much gone with experience in terms of who he's done in captains picks Casey Garcia Stenson-Poulter now then I'm okay with three of those picks those three Casey Poulter and Stenson and the reason I say that is because I think we need experience in that team so I've got it and I'm happy with those three players but they've got experience but they've also shown some form over the past six months and that's the key difference between them and the one that I'm not sure about and I don't like saying it but it's Garcia now I love Sergio Garcia I'm a massive fan of his obviously he's a fantastic player he's got masses of experience in the Ryder Cup and I prayed that he can bring a game with him but it's got to be said that he's shown no real form whatsoever leading up to the last 12 months maybe almost and that's the big deal I just wish that I'm sure Thomas Bjorn did that he wished he was showing a little bit more form the other side of the maybe is that does the form book literally go out the window when you're standing on that first seat at the Ryder Cup because I dread to think what it must be like it's my I think I'd collapse in a heap to be honest with you because the atmosphere I mean it's just the best golfing spectacle on the TV by an absolute mile for me the drama that it creates it certainly has done the past now hope it does again it's just phenomenal it just you cannot take your eyes off this golfing spectacle for three days and I can't wait for it to begin but yet well when you get out on that first seat I mean I think you know experience is massive it's got to be I mean if I look at plays like Matt Fitzpatrick who turned up a few years ago to me look like a bit of a kind of rabbit in headlights is the way I describe it and it didn't really work for him that time that's the kind of concerns that you'd have with Rookie's turn up will they perform out there on the day who knows but that's the team Europe so what you thought on that or do your opinions out there let's switch to the team USA Jim Furrick at their helm he's got Deval, Zach Johnson, Steve Stricker, Davis Love and Matt Kutcher as his support network in vice captains again wealth of experience and yeah good strong team behind him there then let's have a look at first of all team USA qualified on merit which was Fowler, Johnson, Copcutt, Reed Simpson, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Bubba Watson now I have to say take a slight gulp of air there when I read that team out we haven't got to the captain's picks yet but that's a strong USA team and when you sort of read the two teams out I don't know how the betting is working on this thing but I'm assuming team USA have got to be fairly strong favourites although it's on the European soil they've got to be strong favourites based on what I've just read out there anyway when I had to talk about that just yet captain's picks okay so D'Shombo Woods and Mickelson were announced earlier on and he waited till the event of the weekend and he's gone with Tony Fino as the final pick for team USA D'Shombo an absolute given the form that lads been in has been superb again he's shown he can handle himself at the top level fairly confident sort of character got every feeling that he will turn up and not be put off or swayed by the pressures of the Ryder Cup maybe wrong Tiger Woods once again goes without saying terms of experience but the fact that he's shown the kind of form that he has done over recent month yet again just backs up that pick fantastic to see him back competing as a player in the Ryder Cup no one would have guessed this probably 12 months ago who else and then Mickelson, Mickelson's one where he's probably the closest to the Garcia situation whereby he's not shown any major form in my opinion on that I can think of however this is Phil Mickelson and for me in match play a player like Phil Mickelson is an absolute must because he can literally make it up and down from absolutely anywhere he's the one that sticks the dagger in the heart where you're sitting nice and pretty six foot looking at Birdie and the next thing he chips in and all of a sudden you miss the Birdie putt and you lose the haul it's that type of scenario with Mickelson he's got the experience he's got an immense amount of talent he hasn't got the form right now I've got a feeling though he might be able to pull something out of the bag when it matters and then a Tony Finow pick I mean I think Finow's been fantastic this last 12 months his performance in major championships I think again I've not got records in front of me but I think he's performed pretty much in each of the majors he's been right up there leading up into the final day so once again very much a form player I have to say and this is the interesting one for me I want to know a couple of things on this video I want to know you mainly and again I imagine the comments will be divided between sort of where you and who you support what your thoughts on the captain's picks is the discussion for debate and did they get it right did they get it wrong who would you have picked who has been your for who would you have swapped round so that's the main core in terms of the comments that I'm looking for but I suppose you also want to think in the broader picture who's feeling more confident right now in terms of the overall result that's the all-important thing I have to say like I said I keep looking down at this laptop and seeing the American team it does look incredibly strong but it's look strong in the past the form book I think to a degree does grab the window it's very much dependent on how the captains can galvanize their teams get them playing together get the picks right in terms of the pairings and I hope that when it comes down to the Sunday then singles day is thrown up all kinds of different permutations in what could or could not happen and we've got the drama that we always get with the Ryder Cup and whoever wins played in the right fashion I will be without doubts team Europe all the way I'll be supporting them to their health during this weekend and every American out there will be supporting team USA as they should be and the winner will always be the team that plays the best and deserves that win so I can't wait to see it but for the time being let's just talk wildcards or captains picks as they call them now what do you think did they get it right who got it who's leading the way right now Fioric or Bjorn that's the final question for you anyway it was nice to sit back down I'm a chat because I've been a bit sort of not been able to do this as often over the last eight to ten weeks so it's nice to have a little bit of a chat it'd be great to get that comments box firing again and we'll get a bit of interaction going get the conversation going leading up to the Ryder Cup and we've got a few more things to discuss not more so than how I announce what competition we're going to run for the well we've got bit of a decent giveaway going on but I'll reveal more on that when I reveal how that competition is going to be run and that was decided by you in a video not so very long ago I'll announce that soon anyway see you soon thumbs up thumbs down whatever you want to do see you soon