ARSENAL 3 NEWCASTLE 0
Arsenal
1. Wojciech Szczesny
3. Bacary Sagna
4. Per Mertesacker
6. Laurent Koscielny
17. Nacho Monreal
8. Mikel Arteta
16. Aaron Ramsey 74'
19. Santi Cazorla
11. Mesut Ozil 74'
9. Lukas Podolski
12. Olivier Giroud 84'
Subs
5. Thomas Vermaelen
7. Tomas Rosicky 74'
20. Mathieu Flamini 74'
21. Lukasz Fabianski
22. Yaya Sanogo 84'
25. Carl Jenkinson
29. Kim Kallstrom
Newcastle United
1. Tim Krul
26. Mathieu Debuchy 84'
6. Mike Williamson
2. Fabricio Coloccini
36. Paul Dummett
24. Cheick Tiote
8. Vurnon Anita
7. Moussa Sissoko
15. Dan Gosling 69'
11. Yoan Gouffran 89'
14. Loic Remy
Subs
13. Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 84'
19. Massadio Haidara
21. Rob Elliot
23. Shola Ameobi 69'
25. Gabriel Obertan
27. Steven Taylor
43. Adam Armstrong 89'
Alan Pardew’s return to the dugout saw him shake hands with old foe Arsene Wenger and pretend they were bossom buddies; make out his shopping list; have a cup of coffee; pretend he couldn't hear the Geordie fans calling for his head; and watch Newcastle get thrashed!
So much for the new 'revolution' from his players who Pardew claims were "desperate" to have him back at the pitchside.
This man has his head up his arse, and when I saw his post-match press conference I seriously wondered if he had seen the same match as me!
It was the same old SHIT! "Well you know, the first goal is so important." As though he has finally ran out of excuses. After all, he's used 275 different ones in the last six games!
He failed to inspire his Newcastle United side, just as he has since Boxing Day, as they slumped to a sixth successive Premier League defeat with a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal.
The Magpies were soundly beaten as goals from Laurent Koscielny, Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud gave the Gunners a comfortable win.
United kept their shape for 20 minutes then it was back to the usual crap.
Does anyone know what position Anita is supposed to play? Or is he allowed to run round the schoolyard until he gets tired?
Some could argue he covers a lot of ground, but he was lost at right-back when Debuchy took a wander, doesn't have the size or power to dominate in the holding position, and doesn't have the runners when he lofts balls over defenders.
Pardew made three changes from the side beaten 2-1 at Swansea. Forward Loic Remy, defender Mathieu Debuchy and midfielder Moussa Sissoko, back from injury, all came into the starting XI while there was a place on the bench for Gabriel Obertan (oh my God!).
But it failed to make any difference as the confidence-hit side barely threatened and the effort level was probably 2/10.
Newcastle had started defending and looked half-decent, but as soon as Koscielny gave Arsenal a 26th-minute lead then there was only going to be one winner.
Sissoko gave a way a free-kick 25 yards out, and then compounded his error by allowing Koscielny to beat him to Santi Cazoorla’s flighted cross.
Debuchy blasted wide and Cheick Tiote had a long-range effort straight at keeper Wojciech Szczesny before Arsenal doubled their lead before half-time.
Tim Krul twice saved from Giroud when clean through on goal, but the ball eventually fell to Ozil who tapped home despite looking marginally offside.
After the break, Yoan Gouffran had a good chance to pull a goal back when sent through by Remy, but he fired straight at Szczesny.
It was the one bright spot of the half, with Giroud then heading home Ozil’s left-wing cross to make it 3-0 on 66 minutes.
By then the 2,000 travelling fans were making their disgust plain with furious chants of "it's six in a row", the tally of successive defeats too much for them to take.
That dissent first rang out with half an hour of the game remaining, an indication of the extent of the erosion of faith in this team's powers of recovery.
They had morphed into calls for the manager's head long before the end, their calls only choked when Pardew headed for the tunnel as soon as the ref blew the final whistle.