Alisson: A
Keep or Sell: Keep
Didn't start the best at the start of the season and was soon brought down to Injuries. However he bounced back and didn't do badly in front of a constantly changing defense. That goal.... oh my. That could very well be the moment of the season and prove ever so huge for us. Assist last season, one goal this season both at the death. His form picked up later and proved that he's more than capable of dealing with pressure on top with the passing of his father. His performances in general is around a B to a B+, but his goal is worth an A
Adrian: D-
Keep or Sell: Sell
7-2 Aston Villa, couldn't save a thing. Fuck, I don't wanna remember that result.
Caoimhin Kelleher: A
Keep or Sell: Keep
Goalkeeper
Last season he was pretty dicey but this time really stepped up his game when Alisson was injured and Adrian wasn't good enough and was eventually promoted and grew to be the number 2 we all wanted. He was absolute class earning himself a clean sheet in his first Champions League Match. Give him a new shirt number. Give him 13!
Trent Alexander Arnold: A
Keep or Sell: Keep
Right Wing Back
Took a while to regain his mojo, but the latter half he was nothing short of excellent and finally regained his form. Been an absolute menace and proved a huge threat on the already powerful right flank with Salah and Thiago. I hope Gareth Southgate is watching. TAA may be in the EURO2021 Provisional squad now. But come June 1st, we hope to see TAA in the England Final Squad.
Neco Williams: B
Keep or Sell: Loan
Right Back
Neco is someone you either like or hate. He's nowhere the level of TAA but he tries hard. He had a real rocky spell when Neco first filled in for TAA's injury but grew into the role just fine. He just needs more time to improve. So I hope a loan spell is in order to give him more game time and to help in his development to become a worthy deputy right back. Did get an assist in the champions league for Curtis's goal, so that's a start.
Andrew Robertson: B+
Keep or Sell: Keep
Left Wing Back
One of those players who is consistent and reliable but doesn't have the exact same impact as Trent in general even if I were to take Trent's dip in form into account. He still is pretty much always available and has nearly never missed a single minute of action for the 4 seasons he has been involved in.
Nathaniel Phillips: A*
Keep or Sell: Must Keep.
Center Back
Simply put, Outstanding.
Really stepped up to the plate and far beyond exceeded expectations, did so well that he has earned cult hero status. Imagine what would have happened if we allowed Nat to move on. We were therefore extremely fortunate. And imagine how he would pair well with Van Dijk after he returns next season. Sure he is no perfect defender, and he has quite a number of limitations in terms of lack of pace. But considering he really put in a colossal shift in and how great he coped with some of the biggest opposition thrown at him, no one can complain. Old school style defender. But sometimes, just old school is still best. One goal, one assist, excellent considering he's 5th or sixth choice defender doing a first team defender's job.
Rhys Williams: A-
Keep or Sell: Loan maybe.
He didn't perform anywhere as well as Nathaniel and I am sure this will split opinion. But he's the only fit CB left with Kabak down. And again, you take a 5th and 6th choice / academy grad to do a first team job. And he started okay in the champions league keeping a few clean sheets consecutively when he started. However later alot of his flaws and inexperience was really starting to show. Lately though, he's been fine, during this final run in. So give this young lad a chance. I also hated that his lack of pace when he played was holding us back, but he's young, cut him some slack. Also his height and aerial ability to connect and head balls from corners means set piece play was proven to be potentially pretty fucking strong. He could have scored quite a few especially during the final few games and was a big threat. He can still use a loan spell to further gain more experience.
Ozan Kabak: A
Keep or Sell: Keep, perma sign him.
Center Back
Whether or not we keep him, Kabak was a bit of a good cheap business. Dozen plus games and he's fine. Young and certainly have room to grow. I'd keep him! He'll be better off here than languishing in 2nd Tier with Schalke.
Curtis Jones: B
Right Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder
He did score 4 though, not bad for someone so young and still learning the trade. He plays well in the attack but still can be let down by giving the ball away often. With time, I hope Curtis Jones will keep getting better.
Fabinho: A+
Keep or Sell: Keep
Defensive Midfielder, Center Back
He can defend surprisingly good. But no matter how good he does it there, his presence in the midfield has been sorely missed so much. The moment Klopp returned Rhys back into the starting lineup and restored Fabinho back to his original Defensive Midfielder role, that balance that was completely messed up was finally back to where it was. It may result in a few leaky goals in part to Rhys and Nat's inexperience, but the midfield spine was what it really needed to pull off some really awesome results during the last few games where every point counts. The difference, was just pure night and day.
Henderson: B, A* for his leadership
Keep or Sell: Keep
Defensive Midfielder, Center Back
Another Defensive Midfielder turned Makeshift Defender, also like Fabinho did quite well too. But injuries really plagued this season as his leadership is worth a A* in itself. However, despite being down, we have been at least managing without him decently comfortably.
James Milner: B, A* for his leadership
Keep or Sell: Keep and let him retire here.
Center Midfielder, Left Back
Same rating as Henderson as his games have a slight dropoff. May be old, but Jimmy surprisingly still has some good gas in the tank. Partially cause he is also one of the fittest if not still the fittest in the squad. He's definitely one that has a potential to be part of Klopp's staff when he retires. We really made good with Jimmy over the course of 6 full solid seasons at Liverpool and till now just for his leadership, even Klopp heavily respects Milner for the presence alone he brings to the dressing room.
Gini Wijnaldum: A+
Keep or Sell: He's gone
Center Midfielder
Mr Consistent to put it simply. And we're all sad to see him go. All his heroics all the way back in the champions league and he still has the energy to support the attack. The lack of goals do mask it abit but no doubt that he's been an absolute cog in Klopp's formation. Farewell, legend.
Thiago Alcantara: A
Keep or Sell: Keep
Center Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder
Now we're starting to see how much impact Thiago has in the midfield especially if Fabinho is not covering CB duties. I thought already from the off till the last few games he's been okay for me. Once Fabinho is back in midfield, the synergy between the two of them becomes obvious. Got his goal, took a while but better late than never.
Mo Salah: A*
Right Forward, Right winger
Along with Nathaniel Phillips who also gets an A-Star rating, Mo Salah was among of the only few shining lights on top of all these injuries in the squad. Aside from Nat and Rhys, you can safely say that Mo was literally carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders and literally carrying the team on his back. Time and time again he's been the one bailing us out of danger and nick crucial goals when we needed him, a definition of world class.
D. Jota: A+
Striker, Left Forward/Winger/Right Forward
Keep or Sell: Definite Keeper
Jota came to Liverpool with a price tag that raises some eyebrows, cause' for a Wolves player, he ain't cheap. However, the fact that he still got the ground running with 19 goals in all competitions for club and country, rivalling Cristiano Ronaldo's 2020-2021 International goal tally is testament to his ability despite his injury spells, quite impressive must say. His goals count rivaled Mane's and outscored Firmino's tallies. We've thought Jota may be just a deputy attacker that we all wanted so badly, but as it turns out in a 4231 Jota has been integral of the main front four in this formation. At only 24 years, we may very well have yet to see the best out of DJ yet. If not for his injuries, he would have been an outstanding player. But still has performed above expectations relative to the games he played. Even got his first Champions League Hat Trick too.
Roberto Firmino: C+
Attacking Midfield, Center Forward
Keep or Sell: Jury's out
He's starting to age quite a bit and this season's performances especially in the beginning really let him down. That's why quite a few times he's been benched in favor of Jota. However, the reason why he didn't get lower rating is because of his recent resurgence and he started to step up in his game instead of relying on Salah and Jota so much.
Sadio Mane: C
Left Winger/Forward
Keep or Sell: Keep but Jury is out
Sadio is in the same boat as Firmino, woefully underperformed with Jota starting over Mane sometimes and slowly regaining his sharpness as well. If he also doesn't step up his game, chances are Jota will permanently take his position or someone will come in during the transfer window.
Xherdan Shaqiri: C
Left Midfield / Winger
Keep or Sell: Sell
Shaq's time has been severely limited on pitch due to how good others next to him. So it's no surprise that potentially we can see a move for Shaqiri. However he is definitely not by any means bad, just average.
Divock Origi: D
Striker, Right Winger
Keep or Sell: Sell
Did try, but has contributed nothing to be generous with him. 17 Appearances and 1 Goal, and that is against lowly Lincoln in the EFL Cup. Has to go given that Jota was supposed to be the attacking Deputy over Origi and also Minamino potentially coming back from Loan.
Takumi Minamino: B-
Attacking Midfielder, Right Winger, Right Forward
Keep or Sell: Keep
Still young and with Southampton, total 7 goals in all comps, we may still see some potential with Mini although some people may beg to differ. Give him another season and have him be a deputy in the 4231 formation.
