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[only me]

Mignolet 5 - didn't have a busy game, but when he was needed was caught napping.
Sakho 6 - Solid ,again not much to do.
Toure 6 - Solid ,again not much to do.
Skrtel 6 - Solid ,again not much to do. Mistimed the the jump to the ball on the 2nd goal....
Cisokho 6 - Good FIRST game ,one memorable tackle and one excellent pass to Luis.
Johnson 6 - Solid ,not as active ,but did return from a long time out.
Hendo 5 - Didn't do Wrong ,but didn't do Right ,was not felt at all.
Gerrard 6 - Solid ,should have dictated a much faster pace to the game.
Moses 6 - Lost the ball too many times ,but was the only one which played with sense of urgency and his setup for the 2nd goal was superb.
Sturridge 4 - Diva performance...Yes Scored but is capable of much more ,can't take the noon off ,he isn't Messi yet.
Suarez 5 - Pace ,Pace ,Pace. Not enough.

Over All Team didn't come mentally prepared to play ,whether they were afraid Newcastle would seek revenge on us ,or just plain fatigue ,energy wasn't their on all parts of the game,

[damjan193]

Mignolet - 6
Toure  - 6
Skrtel - 5
Sakho   - 5
Johnson - 6
Gerrard - 7
Moses - 6 - for the third time, he isn't a number 10. Looked so much better when played on the wing.
Henderson - 6
Cissokho - 5
Suarez - 6
Sturridge - 6 - would have been a zero if he didn't participate in our goals.

Subs
Alberto - 6 - I actually thought that he did well. Created a few chances but his inexperience showed.

[LFC1990]

Mignolet - 6
Johnson - 6
Toure - 5
Skertel - 6
Sahko - 5
Cissoko - 5
Gerrard - 7
Henderson - 6
Moses - 6
Suarez - 6
Sturridge - 5

[RED BEERGOGGLES]

Mignolet - 5 bordering on careless
Toure  - 6 Looked a touch leaden footed ,not his best game
Skrtel - 5 Ropey
Sakho   - 5 Made a superb interception in the first half ,but then joined Skrtel in the ropey queue.
Johnson - His first game back after a long injury, so now's not the time to pass judgement . 
Gerrard - 6 His best game for some time, but still a shadow of the indomitable figure he once was.       
Moses - 5 - One brilliant run and adept ball to Suarez ,and he was finished for the day it seems.   
Henderson - 5 One of his least productive in a reds shirt
Cissokho - 5 I actually thought in regards to this being his debut ,the lad done Ok.
Suarez - 8 Bristling with moments of sheer genius.
Sturridge - 6 -The lad still scores even when he's having a Stanley.

Subs
Alberto - 6 Our most inventive football was played upon his introduction.

[LFC1990]

Newcastle Collated player ratings

Mignolet - 5.6
Johnson - 5.8
Skrtel - 5.9
Toure - 6
Sakho - 5.3
Cissohko - 4.75
Gerrard 6.3
Hendo - 5.25
Moses - 5.25
Suarez - 6.5
Sturridge - 5.6

Newkit MOTM - Luis Suarez

[damjan193]

LIVERPOOL v WEST BROM

Mignolet - 6 - Although shaky, he finally started coming out for every cross.
Johnson - 7
Toure - 6 - Ok, but not as good as we're used to see him.
Skrtel - 7
Sakho - 7
Cissokho - 5 - I'm sorry, but this guy was horrible. Would have given him a lower rating if it weren't for his assist.
Lucas - 8 - fantastic game. 
Gerrard - 7 - good game and what a cross.
Hendo - 6 - but a strong 6. could have done better but he wasn't bad.
Suarez - 9 - no words.
Sturridge - 7 - amazing goal but wasn't very lively.

Subs:
Kelly - 6

[woof woof !]

Mignolet - 6 great shot stopper but other aspects of his game still worry me. More than once he failed or was slow to come and collect when defenders were expecting him to do so.
Johnson - 6 good but not great
Toure - 6 earnt his money
Skrtel - 7 Good performance, determination exemplified when he cleared a certain goal with Mignolet stranded
Sakho - 6 occasionaly rash but did well
Cissokho - 5 beginning to wonder why we signed him
Lucas - 8 quietly went about is business, hardly put a foot wrong
Gerrard - 8 some sublime balls in from him today
Hendo - 6 very involved throughout the game but attacking wise fell short when it really mattered, next to Cissokho imo our weakest link today.
Suarez - 9 outstanding, would have given him 10 but his passing was sometimes overly ambitious.
Sturridge - 7 great goal, but decision making on whether to pass, run or shoot still sometimes suspect.

Subs
Kelly - 5

[Stu the Red]

Mignolet - 6 - Shocking arially, did make some good reflex saves. Distribution isn't great.
Johnson - 6 - Steady game, typical Johnson, generally provided decent shape, defended ok and lost the ball when he shouldn't.
Toure - 6 - Decent if not specatacular
Skrtel - 4 or 7... can't quite decide, looked absolutely accident prone and a complete night mare waiting to happen... but it didn't actually happen. Odd match.
Sakho - 6 - Steady, but £17,000,000? Ouch.
Cissokho - 3 - Woeful.
Lucas - 7 - very solid apart from giving away a stupid penalty, making a challenge he didn't have to make. Poor decision.
Gerrard - 7 - Good game as usual. Set a goal up with a superb free kick.
Hendo - 7 - Had a nearly game, played very well at times but just didn't win that crunching tackle or excute that through ball when it mattered. Along with Lucas and Gerrard close to man of the match.
Suarez - 8 - Didn't think he done alot today for some reason, just didn't see alot of the ball as normal, but the first two goals were magical. The third wasn't bad either. What a player that lad is.
Sturridge - 5 - because he scored a worldie. Got very lucky that went in or I'm sure Gerrard would have ripped his head off.

Subs:

Kelly - 6 - nothing wrong, nothing "good". Just solid.

[RED BEERGOGGLES]

Mignolet - 5 - Needs to stay in tune with his defenders....slightly erratic when called upon. 
Johnson - 6  He's been missed offensively
Toure - 6 - A bit off the pace ,and his reading of the game was less succinct than it has been
Skrtel - 6 Should have scored what was an absolute sitter ,but made up for it with his clearance off the line. 
Sakho - 6 Dependable, if a little swift to go into the crunch.
Cissokho - 5 - Wasn't the best ,but its still early days yet ....good stab for Suarez's ridiculously good header.   
Lucas - 9 - His voracious tackling gave us a platform to build attack after attack.....Completely missed against Newcastle.
Gerrard - 7 - Second best game this season ,glorious pinpoint cross.
Hendo - 8 - I felt exhausted just watching his perpetual motion, chased the ball relentlessly and harried the opposition all game long .
Suarez - 10 - Marksman extraordinare ,just simply a master class in the art of finishing ,Anfield erupted when that header swerved into the net.
Sturridge - 6 Didn't do enough to add to the quality of that performance ,but added a touch of undoubted class with his attempted scene stealer.

[Benny The Noon]

Mignolet - 5

Johnson - 6
Skrtel - 6
Sakho - 6
Toure - 6
Cissohko - 4
Lucas - 9
Gerrard - 7
Henderson - 7
Sturridge - 7
Suarez - 9

[Kenny Kan]

Mig - 6
Johnson - 6
Toure - 6
Skertel - 7
Sahko - 6
Cissoko - 5
Lucas - 8
Gerrard - 7
Henderson - 7
Sturridge - 8
Surarez - 9

[ycsatbjywtbiastkamb]

ARSENAL V LIVERPOOL

mingolet - 5   couldnt do anything about the goals but looked unconvincing with the ball at his feet.
flanno -    6    to be fair to the lad he was probably one of our better players early on, faded later on though.
skrtel -    7    not outstanding but a decent enough display, defence had a lot on their plate with arsenal flooding through our porous midfield
sakho -    6   one or two slips early on but again defence did well to make arsenal earn their victory with two excellent strikes, didnt give anything away cheaply.
toure -     5   not his best game, looked surprisingly rattled at times but as i have said defence did okay in trying circumstances.
cissokho - 3   had a shocker
gerrard -   5   a decade ago he would have all over the place putting out fires but he cant chase shadows at his age
lucas -      4  as poor as i`ve seen him for a good while, excellent last week, terrible this.
henderson 6  pick of the midfielders, blew a great chance (on his wrong foot) but did run his blood to water and at least got involved unlike the other 2 CM`s.
suarez       6  tried hard but really up against it when the opposition have so much dominance in midfield
sturridge   6   same as luiz

subs

coutinho - 6  considering he`d been out for 6 weeks and considering he came into a game where we were getting the p.1ss takin` out of us in midfield i thought he did well, we looked far more threatening when he was on.
moses  - 5   as i said it`s tough for attacking players when the midfield is getting over run

[metalhead]

mingolet - 5 distribution a let down, flapping again at every cross but did some good stops
flanno - 6 decent performance, wasn't troubled     
skrtel - 6 unpredictable, defended fantastically well at times then had some titus bramble moments       
sakho - 6 I thought some of his decision making was spot on, though he isn't as tactically astute       
toure - 5 that was poor from Toure to his standards       
cissokho - 3 not even a footballer   
gerrard - 4 poor performance, never seen him not winning a tackle     
lucas - 4 dreadful, kept losing possession in his own half   
henderson - 5.5 invisible in the first half, but tried in the 2nd   
suarez - 6 didn't see much of the ball until the 2nd half         
sturridge - 5.5 tunnel vision, selfish but made some good runs 

Subs
Coutinho 5 - very rusty
Moses 5 - not much time

[Benny The Noon]

Mignolet - flapping at crosses and poor distribution with his feet : 5

Flanagan - Works hard just not good enough :5
Toure - nearly gifted them a goal after playing ok :5
Skrtel - his positioning is very poor , marking poor : 5
Sakho - did we really spend £18mil on him !! :5
Cissohko - shocking , worse than both Dossena and Traore : 1

Lucas : very poor - all over the place :4
Gerrard : a passenger , game just went past him :4
Henderson: ran a lot but did nothing else :4

Suarez: lots of effort and tried to create :6
Sturridge: was his worst game for us. :5

Subs: Coutinho. - 6 ( prob our best player )
Moses 5 - no effect

[RED BEERGOGGLES]

mingolet - 5 Some decent stops ,but just wish he would hold onto shots rather than parry them away.   
flanno - 7 The pick of our defenders along with Skrtel in the first half with a motivated performance,but waned in the second somewhat.     
skrtel -7 Strong performance throughout ,and having to put in considerably more graft at the back with our midfield pairing offering no protection whatsoever. 
sakho - 6 decent enough display ,did seem slightly cumbersome earlier though.   
toure - 5 Toure's play was decidedly erratic today .     
cissokho -  2 A display so bad ,it makes you wonder how he even puts one foot in front of the other without falling over. 
gerrard - 3 Disgraceful performance by a player with the honour of wearing the captains armband     
lucas - 4 abysmal display ,second to every ball practically all game.
henderson - 6 showed heart and application ,but sadly not enough to even stand close to Arsenals guile and fluency in the middle
suarez - 6  seemingly , forgot his recent unselfishness in front of goal ,reverted back to trying to do everything himself ....should have passed to Sturridge.   
sturridge - 6 See Suarez ,he too forgot how to bring his partner into play . 

Subs
Coutinho 8 - man of the match for me ,some of his passes were over hit ,but his ingenuity has been sorely missed. 
Moses 5 - Duck tape to mask the gaping holes in our midfield ,it didn't work.

Rodgers 6  poor tactics , but brave throwing in young Flanagan ,who acquitted himself well ......but his inclusion of Cissokho and his blindness
to Steven Gerrard's ever waning ability to be anything bordering on an influential midfielder is starting to make us frankly vulnerable.