Newcastle United’s unbeaten run has come to a rather predictable end. Indeed, Newcastle were beaten by Fulham on Saturday and duly missed the chance to move top of the Premier League table. In truth, little about their performances this season would suggest they would have been worthy table toppers anyway, even at an early stage of the campaign. While the character Eddie Howe’s team have shown to grind out results when not playing particularly well has been impressive, few would doubt it has been a difficult start to the season. The display at Craven Cottage was so bad it was slammed as “awful…