To label the performance dished out by Newcastle in this most horrifying of Tyne-Wear derby trouncings would be extremely unsparing. Even the most optimistic of supporters would have had their patience tested after this. Insipid is the adjective many would apply to the plight of Newcastle United on Sunday 14 April 2013. A dull, unimaginative, lacklustre and characterless, performance that contrasted with the vibrancy of the display Sunderland supporters feasted upon from up in the heavens. A team guided by the eccentric Paolo Di Canio and one that had failed to muster a win in nine games waltzed out of St James Park with the easiest three points they gathered in the 2012/13 season. "It was a tough day," Pardew exclaimed afterwards. Tell us about it.
