he probably didn't feel as though it was much of a gamble, Chelsea had been playing shit of late, he had faith in the players he put out to get the draw, which we nearly did, i agree it was a little negative but United had burnt themselves out by this stage last season, it's obvious that Sir fears that may happen again
Fletch, Carrick, Nani and Giggs were all exceptionally shit on saturday, he can't have expected them all to perform so badly