Newcastle United have endured a difficult season this time around. Indeed, everything from the injury crisis to recruitment issues from last summer are believed to be on Eddie Howe’s mind behind the scenes as reasons for the relative malaise in comparison to last year. Still, it’s not all been bad for Newcastle. They have beaten Paris Saint-Germain, both Manchester clubs, Chelsea, Arsenal and high-flying Aston Villa (twice) this season. Into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and potentially still in with a shout of qualifying for the Europa League, it could be an awful lot worse. It surely woul…