Ian Poulter has offered lukewarm support to Nick Faldo following news that the six-time major winner is interested in retaining the European Ryder Cup captaincy for 2010.

"I wouldn't see it as a bad thing," Poulter said when asked whether Faldo deserved another crack after being in charge of this year's losing team in Kentucky.

"Nick, if he gets the position, would certainly learn from what happened this time and I'm sure he would do a few things differently.

"I'm sure he's made his own notes from how the week went. The good stuff, I'm sure he'll take positives from and the bad stuff, I'm sure he will learn if he could have done them any differently."

Poulter, who performed magnificently at the Ryder Cup, winning four of five matches on a losing team, declined to comment when asked for specifics about the mistakes Faldo made as captain.

"I'm only a player," he said. "I don't think it's to my advantage to comment on what he could have done better.

"I said before, I thought he did a good job. Unfortunately, the players didn't quite perform as good as maybe he would have liked."

Poulter's comments come in the wake of Faldo's revelation this week that he would "seriously consider" another crack at the captaincy if it was offered.

Europe has had a different captain in each of the past five Ryder Cups and a return by Faldo would bring that trend to a halt.

If there is one European player likely to support Faldo, it is Poulter, who was a controversial wild card choice despite displaying some mediocre form in the two weeks immediately before the team was picked.

But Poulter subsequently justified his selection with his stellar form at Valhalla.

Poulter was speaking after shooting the day's best score, a five-under-par 66 in the third round at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament at Phoenix Country Club.

The defending champion was seven strokes behind Thai leader Prayad Marksaeng with one round left.