so was SAF decision to play the reserve squad against Everton in the semi finals good in hindsight, as Man Utd retained the BPL title and is on course to retain CL.
If you ask me, I would go with SAF decision because Man Utd has won the fa cup the most times. Its the league title and CL he is more concerned about, as he mentioned that a stature of Man Utd has won the CL too little. He is more keen to match Liverpool 18 titles. If next season Man Utd won the BPL title, surpass Liverpool with 19 titles.
If Man Utd retained CL this season, it is number 4 and 1 behind Liverpool (5 times winner) in the number of wins for european cup/UCL. For the record, Barcelona won twice in its history and if Barcelona were to win, would tie with Man Utd as 3 times winners.
Both Man Utd and Barcelona should be winning more european cup/UCL.