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By Simon Bird Matt Ritchie put a positive spin on Newcastle ’s inconsistencies and mistakes, as his boss Eddie Howe had moments earlier. The corner flag-booting supersub had clawed back a point in injury time and pulled up a question asking why the Toon had a problem at home. “Steady on, it’s five wins in seven, isn’t it?…” Ritchie said. True, it’s four in seven in all competitions, hardly a disaster. But other Premier League stats show a malaise that Howe has yet to solve – and that includes the glaringly obvious of Dan Burn being ruthlessly targeted by opponents using quick right wingers. It…

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