I can't blame players for being injured or mediocre players for being mediocre (half the team are). What bugs me is the lack of a pragmatic approach. If we all know our defense is weak then don't be stretched and instead play on the counter attack like Leicester. If we know or wingers are weak then play long balls to 2 main runners like Leicester do. A draw today would have been fine, same at Liverpool, against Spurs, against Leicester, against Arsenal, etc.
Hughes was poor, Mancini was poor in the end and Pelligrini is somewhere in between. Pelligrini's only strategy from day 1 was to trust the players. That works up until you have a run of injuries and poor form. A better manager has invested more in the squad so they can cope. He should be shown the door today IMO. Make Kompany caretaker until the summer. Can't be any worse.
Pity Viera is at NYC.