On a night when club records were broken, it was good to be able to enjoy a match without having to sit there biting your nails – this is what the current everton set up is all about this season – much more clinical and much more professional. True, we have had 1 or 2 lapses, but on the whole, we have been much better this season

So 7 straight European wins, the record match score, and the 3rd Hat trick (after Ball and Gray) and we march on to the last 16 where we are likely to meet a team much different to those that we have played so far. Italian teams are often very disciplined (excluding Materazzi), and tough to break down, whereas all of our previous European games have been wide open with lots of space. We are going to need to be very disciplined as well, but they are beatable, and there is no reason why we cannot continue to progress. Having already been to see a game at their stadium, it will be very vocal with a great atmosphere, and this is the next type of test for the team

Tonight it took a while to get the 1st goal, but once we scored, the team seemed to relax and enjoy their football playing some excellent stuff at times. The goals were top drawer, and although that is what we are coming to expect from Yakubu, it was good to see AJ score 2 screamers as well, and it cant be bad for confidence when your 2 strikers hit 5 goals. It was a shame that we conceded, but credit to Bergen, they kept going and could have scored another towards the end.

On a positive note I thought Pienaar was superb, and showed how much we missed him in the last month, despite getting some great results. I still feel we missed him badly, especially against Chelsea, and think we should be looking to make his signing permanent asap. Cahill continues to struggle when we play 4-4-2 and Manny Fernandes again looked too casual, but it wasn’t a night for negatives.

The fight to finish 4th starts again on Monday, and hopefully we will go to City on a high and get a good result there for once – and get used to the surroundings before our next visit there on May 14th. Graeme Holmes.

Moyesy says: It was great to score six and it was a great performance. We have scored a few goals here at Goodison. It was a professional job and we could not take any chances with the team we put out tonight. For the first half hour we did not play that well so the first goal was crucial. The finishing and the quality of our play was excellent." (22/02/08)

* The two paramedics running from the Street End to the stricken Brann player by the dug out, and giving up half way over. The crowd pissed themselves laughing. Thank Christ it wasn't serious.

* Nuno ending up in Row A of the Street End after going arse over tit chasing a ball.

* Stubbsey in the crowd cheering his old team mates on.

* I think we are going to batter them tonight. 4-0. AJ & The Yak getting a pair each. Ryan, Bournemouth

* As a 51 year old Blue, boy have I suffered with my emotions over the years, but hey forget the black days we are back to where we were, a respected top European team. Great result last night, all the papers are praising the Yak and AJ, no arguments here but the unsung heroes in this team need to be mentioned. Not that I give a stuff over the English team but why hasn't anyone mentioned that Jags is as good if not better at the moment than Ferdinand, Terry or Woodgate. Lescott should be in the team instead of Cole anyway. Cars gets better with age, Tiny and the Spanish magician, well say no more and the Yak is awesome. Don't know how anyone rates Manny tho if he's worth £8 mil what price Peanuts? He and Joleon must be fighting over player of the year the lad doesn't stop running. Yobo must be concerned for his place in the central defence so why don't we play him at right back, I now he ain't keen playing there but that's our weak spot at the moment so... Anyway bring on Florence or whatever they call themselves. WayneWales

Moyesy has a fully fit squad to take into the return leg against Brann which sees us holding a two nil lead after our excellent away victory in Bergen last week. With big games on the horizon, most notably at Man City on Monday evening, me thinks Moyesy has enough strength in depth to give one or two names a rest, most notably Phil Neville and Mikky Arteta, who both by their own high standards have been off the boil a bit of late. Lessons have been learnt from the Oldham FA Cup defeat though, and the Boss will not be making wholesale changes, but with the likes of Hibbo, Nuno, Peanuts, Big Vic and Vaughany all waiting to stake their claim, Moyesy has enough at his disposal not to throw away a two goal advantage.

The Yak fresh from a week off, after his enforced week off should lead the line with AJ, and if the Blues grab a first half goal, I would expect both of them to make way for the likes of Big Vic and Vaughany to see us through the tie. The Blues broke their own Club record of six straight wins in Europe by winning in Brann last week, and we should be confident off making it seven against the Norwegian Champions.

Everton from: Howard, Wessels, Hibbert, Neville, Lescott, Yobo, Jagielka, Baines, Valente, Carsley, Osman, vd Meyde, Arteta, Pienaar, Gravesen, Cahill, Fernandes, Yakubu, Vaughan, Johnson, Anichebe

Lavo's XI To Start: Howard, Jagielka, Lescott, Yobo, Hibbert, Carsley, Pienaar, Osman, Cahill, Johnson, Yakubu

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Brann won their first National Title in forty four years last season by a clear four points from their nearest rivals. They did it with Premiership experience in the shape of Erik Bakke who returned to his native Norway after spells at Leeds and Aston Villa. Brann just snuck in through the back door though to the last 32 of the UEFA Cup, when they finished 3rd in their Group behind SV Hamburg and Basle. They ended up on four points after beating Dinamo Zagreb, and drawing with Rennes. The Norwegian League has not kicked off yet, but Brann are already in the mix for next season Champions League. Their last League fixture was back in early November when they got thrashed 3-0 by mid table Tromso, but by then they had already won the Title. Brann have just spent the last week at La Manga in Spain, and if they are anything like the English clubs who use the facilities there, they may be to pissed to play properly. They have an uphill battle to knock three past Everton, and go on to face either Fiorentina or Rosenborg.

Norwegian Champions November 2007