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Just a few thoughts on how our players fared this season

Goal Keeper:

Reina 6
Not his best season by any means but still reliable and committed himself to the club after becoming disillusioned

Defenders:

Carragher 7
Showed how important he was to the team when he wasn’t in it and we conceeded waaay too many sloppy goals

Skrtel 6
Like many players he played much better under Kenny than Roy

Agger 5/6
Another injury ravaged season that came to a premature end denying him a proper run in the team

Kyriagos 6
One of our better players under Hodgson but lost his place under Kenny after a few clumsy mistakes

Konchesky 3
What can one say?

Aurellio 5
Did okay on the few occasions he played but this was another season marred by injury

Johnson 6
Didn’t have the best of starts and had a brief falling out with Hodgson but another player who upped his game under Kenny

Kelly 6/7
Only a rockie but proved himself as an emerging talent before injury cut his season short

Flanagan 7
Won an unlikely call up to the first team and kept his place ever since after hardly putting a foot wrong

Midfielders:

Lucas Levia 7
We were told that he wasn’t a holding midfielder but in the latter half of the season he performed to a standard few (myself chief amongst them) thought he was capable of. Without doubt the most improved LFC player

Spearing 6/7
After a few performances of questionable quality in previous seasons, Spearing really has played with a remarkable degree of maturity forming as reliable partnership with Lucas in the centre of the park

Merieles 7
Even before his purple patch in January/February he was clearly Liverpool’s best signing last summer

Gerrard 6
Notwithstanding a few man-of-the-match performances (Man Utd (A), Napoli) by his own impeccably high standards Stevie will be disappointed that he was in the stands for most of our best performances after persistent injuries marred his contribution to this campaign

Maxi Rodriguez 6
Pretty hit and miss for much of the season but has a good eye for goal and finished the season on a high, bagging a couple of hattricks. Definitely one to hold on to

Jokanovic 4
Looked a pretty hot prospect after his first game in Europe – so did Joe Cole – but like the England midfielder unable to play well enough to get into the team and simply didn’t get a look in after a couple of mediocre performances under Kenny

Poulsen 4
He might have been good at Copenhagen but had Roy watched even a few of his performances at Juventus it was clear he wasn’t going to make the grade. Disappointing

J Cole 4
No one can question his talent, quality or even his effort, but it just hasn’t happened for Joe at Anfield at all and whilst i hope he gets another season to prove that he’s still got it the size of his pay packet makes it unlikely

Shelvey 6
Another emerging talent although who will be looking to make a powerful impact next season

Forwards

Suarez 9
Was the attacking orchestrator of all of the teams big wins in the latter half of the season. Exceptional Fernando who?

Kuyt 7
Another who upped his game considerably in the latter half of the season, putting in a string of all-action typically selfless performances and chipping in with some important goals to finish the club's top scorer

Carrol 6
Unfair to give him a mark at all really as he was clearly wasn;'t match fit since his switch but there were some moments of chemistry between him and Suarez and his put Man City to the sword with two very well taken goals

N’Gog 5/6
Started well enough, particularly in Europe, but after a great goal against Arsenal failed to make any real impact in the league and found his opportunities limited as the season went on

i agree with all those execept:
kuyt 8 and not 7 i think you gave him
his best season for me

kelly 8 I think you gave him 6 or 7
was excellent in the games he did play in at a time when he was needed

Kelly - He did look good but only played about a dozen games or so and I was wary of giving him too high a mark as his overall contribution was limited - and our overall performances in the games Flanagan played were IMO considerably better

Kuyt - Of all our players Dirk definitely saved his best to last and like Suarez he played a major part in our big wins towards the end of the season, but like others (Johnson, Rodriguez, Skrtel) I don't think he started the season particularly well. I still think his 3rd season at the club (2008-09) was his best, followed by this one

fair comment jim
In the case of kuyt he has hardly ever been played in an attacking position always as some kind of attacking midfielder. He is a great foil for a gifted striker eg suarez and kuyt banged in loads of goals before signing for us, but its true he did come good at the end and like the rest of the squad played poor football under Bodgson

For kelly I think it has to be remembered that he was replacing the 18 million superman golden boy glenda johnson and he performed admirably attacking and defending and flanagan didnt have the same pressure to do well (although he did do well when he came in). Otherwise as emp said you are spot on with your marks for the players in my opinion

It's interesting that Kuyt linked up with Suarez a lot more effectively than Carroll - and I think we might see him play more as a striker next seasons

He's one of those players who you would always have in the starting 11 because of his sheer workrate

I agree that Kuyt has been fantastic as a second striker, but he's been pretty much the same old average Kuyt as RM, even under Kenny. We need better than him there, though he does a job and gives his all every game. I don't think we will replace him this season - as in I'm not sure we're in the market for a wide player on the right - but in a season or two Kuyt will be shipped or sit the bench/be rotated and not just because he'll be a year or two older.

I disagree with the low score for Kelly. He may have been fresh in the side, but he outperformed every other player barring Suarez each game. 8 or 9 for me. I also felt Carra was worth a touch more than 7 - maybe 7.5? He's been excellent since he came back from injury, particularly having rookie fullbacks on either side and helping them keep their composure - did okay as captain in Stevie's stead.

I don't get you giving PEPE a 6. Then further down Aurelio gets a 5. My opinion pepe gets an 8 and Aurelio gets a 4. Pepe played nearly every game and showed why he is regarded as one of the best in the world.