Current European team standings:

1 Stenson
2 Olazabal
3 Garcia
4 Montgomerie
5 Donald

6 Howell
7 McGinley
8 Casey
9 Broadhurst
10 Dougherty

Thomas Bjorn is next in line, breathing hard down the necks of Broadhurst and Dougherty. Big name players needing to start getting it done are Harrington, Clarke, Poulter, Westwood, Jimenez.

Stenson, Olazabal, Garcia, and Monty probably have their places iced already. I expect Harrington will start moving up shortly. One of Broadhurst and Dougherty and possibly both will fall away.

But with Stenson locked and a newcomer, and Ollie returning to the side, it sure looks like one or two big names from the last team will miss out, even with the captain's picks.