I'm feeling.... Glad it's over! Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal

No farewell victory for Harps Well I don't think I've actually been as glad to see the end of a football season as what I am right now.

Even after relegation I had an urge to look forward to what awaited us in the Championship, but right now I can't even bear thinking about next term.

Many things need to change, whether it be in terms of managerial personnel, playing staff, or the way they work together and the form they collectively create. Whatever 'it' is 'it' needs to change or else we're just going to waste next season as well. Bowing out with a whimper after recent home troubles against Champions League qualifying Arsenal hasn't helped matters much either.

Don't get me wrong, there isn't exactly much shame in that these days and Arsenal away from home aren't the softies they used to be. There is a reason why they have the best away defensive record in the league, but the truth is that particular record was rarely under threat aside from a few half-chances sporadically placed throughout the match.

I don't even think we played that badly and even thought that Laurent Koscielny's 52nd minute winner was a tad fortunate on a number of levels, but it was our lack of intent that annoyed me the most. Granted we had literally nothing to play for as any relegation concerns had been allayed by ourselves last weekend, but after two home defeats on the spin I'd have liked us to avoid a third one, as obvious as that seems.

Alas it wasn't to be and now we'll undoubtedly be confronted with a summer rife with rumours of one form or another. What fun that will be.

I'm trying to think of positives from this season and I'm struggling. At a push we finished above Sunderland and the second coming of Jesus, or Paulo Di Canio as he is perhaps more commonly known, but that is a minor consolation considering that same team beat us 3-0 on our own pitch just a few weeks ago. The Chelsea game perhaps? Reaching the Europa League Quarter Final?

I'm sorry that this isn't much a match review, but there wasn't an awful lot to write about really so I've gone on a rant about our season instead. For that I do apologise and I hope I don't end up doing the same next season!

Howay the lads!

Newcastle: Steve Harper; Mathieu Debuchy, Fabricio Coloccini, Steven Taylor, Mapou Yanga-M'Biwa; Yohan Cabaye, Cheik Tiote; Jonas Gutierrez, Hatem Ben Arfa, Yoan Gouffran; Papiss Cisse

Subs: Jak Alnwick, Danny Simpson, James Perch, Vurnon Anita, Gabriel Obertan, Sylvain Marveaux, Adam Campbell

Arsenal: Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Tomas Rosicky, Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Santi Cazorla, Lukas Podolski

Subs: Lukasz Fabianski, Thomas Vermaelen, Monreal, Gervinho, Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Olivier Giroud

Attendance: 52,354