Newcastle United got there in the end against Fulham. Despite playing three games in the space of a week in the midst of an injury crisis that refuses to relent, Newcastle edged past the Cottagers thanks to a late goal from Bruno Guimaraes. It wasn’t particularly convincing and Eddie Howe’s side started so badly that he had to have harsh words with his players but, frankly, who cares? Three points and a rare clean sheet offer reasons to be positive, while Newcastle are now just a point behind seventh-placed West Ham with a game in hand on them. To be doing this with so few options defensively …