* Haven't we come on a treat since Alan Irvine left. Colin Kirby

* Fantastic result. The Yak showed his true quality today. Genuine skill, holding the ball up, good in the air, strong in possession, playing people in, even closing people down and chasing lost causes. But if you expect the running AJ does from him, forget it. Feel the quality not the width. Ala Sheedy! Billy Dean

Moyesy says: "It was a terrific team performance and the players really performed at a higher level. Maybe it has been coming, we have seen signs of it coming with some really good goals. I have got to say it was excellent. I always send the players out with goals in mind but it doesn't always work that way when you are a manager. I sensed in training over the last two days they were at it, there has been a good fire in their belly and I had sensed something could be coming. That may be because of the competition of places we have got now. I said to the players in the dressing room after the game the result owed as much to the people in the stand watching them today. All of the players not in the 16 could have easily been in the starting XI today.

The goal just before half-time did my team talk for me. It put me on the back foot a little bit and we knew Sunderland were going to go in with a little bit of a lift. I should have been going in telling my players that was fantastic at 3-0 and go on. Instead there was a bit of negativity because we had to be sure we didn't concede a second goal because if we had it would have been game-on. I told the players that but once they got the fourth they really went and rammed it home. This has been threatening. We have played well without not quite getting there but now we have enough people ready to come off the bench to change the way we play. Now we are playing in a way where we get goals.

What you have to do when you expose poor positioning is have the ability and courage to go and finish. That is what our players did. Football is all about mixing your play and I thought we scored some great goals. Some great one-twos, good crosses and balls over the top - we scored all different types of goals which is pleasing. We had enough opportunities to score even more. But not at one point did Sunderland give in. They were competing all the way and they never once threw the towel in."

Jogger says: "The Yak is a player. I love him."

Damon Minchella says: "Fuck me!"

Lavo says: "Nuno is a beautiful footballer. The way he caresses the ball."

Sausage says: "It's just like watching Brazil."

Roy Keane says: "Credit to Everton, they took full advantage of our short-comings I suppose. It is not right just to be critical of the back four, it is all about the team. Even at 5-1 we were still throwing men forward, maybe that was a little naive, that wasn't down to the back four. You have to take your medicine as a whole team, not just the back line. The concern was that every time Everton came forward they looked like scoring. That is not a great ingredient to have."

* One quality off the ball. Mr Testicles at half time on the pitch with Sharpy. Lets get all the funnies out of the way now, like bet Sharpy felt a right dick, wish I could have a set like that, boom, boom.

Well played to Everton for raising the awareness of prostate, bowel and testicular cancer in a funny way for what is a deadly serious subject. For more info on cancer downstairs click here, and lads do what I do ten times an hour, give them a good squeeze, it could save your life one day. (25/11/07)

Martin Dobson signing copies of his new novel "Ultimate Goals"

Dobbo Presents A Cheque To The Dreamflight Dollies
Martin Signs Another Book	I Hit This Shot At The kop End And It Flew In
...And Pedge Shot The Cow...	Another Lucky Quiz Winner

* 2-0 nil to the boys with Pienaar and Victor sharing the spoils. Adders of the Park End

* 2-0 Blue Boys, goals from our tater and the yak!! COYB. Paul & Matty, Ruislip

* 2-2. Sunderland's Kenwayne Jones is top notch and will score. AJ & The Yak For Us. Bally

So life starts without Alan Irvine, and in the short term Moyesy will have no one to turn to to discuss tactics when the heat is on. What Moyesy does have tomorrow however is a fully fit squad for the first time, welcoming back Andy Johnson, Leighton Baines and James Vaughan from injury. Mikky should shake off his own injury and I would fully expect him to start.

Hopefully Rogers head won't be to down after the midweek England debacle, as will Jimmy Macs, after Scotland close call against the Italians last weekend. With the threat of Kenwyne Jones up front for Sunderland, me thinks that Stubbsey will be added to the starting line up to help out at the back, with Roger going to right back. Five men in midfield again, seems the only way to play when Tiny is available, and the Yak has done nothing wrong of late up front to step down. So Big Vic, Vaughany, and the returning AJ will all have to wait their turn.

The Blues continue their run of five wins and a draw in the last six matches, since Clattenburg and the shite conspired a victory, and if results go our way and we do the business ourselves, a top six berth will be ours.

Stubbsey says: "Roy Keane has bought a few players that people may have looked at but not gone for. To be fair the ones he has brought in have come up trumps. Kenwyne Jones has done well of late. He's a big lad and has scored a few goals. Hats off to him, he has tried to add in the right places this year. It is a Premier League club, a big club, and they have probably been deprived of top flight football for too long. The fans have craved it for a long time, especially seeing Newcastle in there. They are back and they are doing okay, they'd probably like to see themselves a bit higher but it is always difficult in the first season back."

Kipper's XI To Start: Howard, Baines, Lescott, Stubbs, Yobo, Carsley, Arteta, Cahill, Osman, Neville, Yakubu

Everton from: Howard, Hibbert, Yobo, Lescott, Stubbs, Valente, Baines, Arteta, Cahill, Carsley, Osman, Jagielka, Gravesen, Neville, McFadden, Yakubu, Anichebe, Johnson, Vaughan, Pienaar, Wessels.

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* First goal, The Yak at 5/1 who has found his scoring boots at last. The New England manager seems to be the betting hot potato of late, my pick is Ant and Dec, as everything they touch turns to gold. On the subject of England, what is nine inches long and dangles in front of a c*nt, that's right its Steve McClarens tie, boom, boom. (23/11/07)

Sunderland are back in the big time, this time with one of football's winners at the helm. Roy Keane brings his relegation threatened squad to Goodison, but a word of warning. In their time in the Premiership over the years, Everton are the team Sunderland have taken most points of out of all the cubs they have opposed. Front man Kenywne Jones is their danger up front, but old timer's Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole are both back in the hunt for a starting places. No real injury worries for Mad Roy, so it should be an interesting afternoon at the Shrine.

Roy says: "David Moyes has done a good job there and Everton are the kind of club which could be a blueprint for the way we want to progress at Sunderland. Blackburn are another – a few weeks ago I spoke to Mark Hughes after the game and he said he felt it took him two years to assemble a squad with which he felt comfortable. The Everton's and the Blackburn's are the kind of clubs you have to look at because they have built up very nicely over a period of time and they both now have very strong squads.

You know what you are going to get at Everton – their fans are right on top of you. It should be a good atmosphere and it is one we are looking forward to. Everton are a proper football club, just like Sunderland are.They have a lot of history and good, passionate fans who follow their club home and away."

Roy on Old Mate Phil Neville says: "I have a lot of time for Phil. It is hard to keep in touch with people in football because life moves on, but I am looking forward to seeing him again. Phil is a very good pro and he has been an excellent signing for Everton. I wouldn’t mind having a few Phil Neville's at this club because he trains well and he is a top pro. I am sure David Moyes will feel the same and that is why Phil is the Everton captain." (23/11/07)

Sunderland From: Gordon, Ward, McShane, Halford, Harte, Higginbotham, Collins, Yorke, Edwards, Etuhu, Miller, Leadbitter, Wallace, Whitehead, Kavanagh, O'Donovan, Jones, Chopra, Connolly, Murphy, Stokes, Cole.