I was speaking to some Chelsea fans recently (I had to have a wash afterwards) and they said the only Liverpool players they would want to improve their team were Gerrard and Riise.
Usual Chelski bullsh*t of course and admittedly it might be because left back is a bit of a problem position for them, but it shows that JAR is pretty highly rated elsewhere.
He is certainly not "shitee" as described above.
His attacking qualities and goalscoring threat outweigh occasional defensive lapses IMO.