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Newcastle United have had to rely on very few players this season. The injury crisis Eddie Howe has endured at Newcastle has rarely seemed to subside and was made even worse over the course of the international break following Sven Botman’s second serious injury of the campaign. Given the lack of available numbers, players have had to keep going. Kieran Trippier, after all, could surely have done with a rest during the difficult period he endured around the turn of the year. Still, there were few other options to replace him, as has been the case with Dan Burn – a defender who continues to div…