With a host of player of the year awards, Cristiano Ronaldo was
undoubtedly United's star man.  But with Wayne Rooney, Paul
Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Louis Saha playing major supporting
roles at various points of the season, no-one could have
complained about the entertainment value at Old Trafford.
United's approach under Sir Alex Ferguson was in marked contrast
to the perceived safety-first tactics employed by Jose Mourinho
at Chelsea and Rafael Benitez at Liverpool.  "The Manchester
United culture is to win by playing great, creative football,"
said Ferguson's assistant.  "It is about winning and
entertaining. It has always been like that.  "Sometimes, with so
much competition from all the other sports and things like TV,
football needs to be innovative to keep the title of the best
sporting entertainment.  "For some time now, the game has moved
in one direction. The systems and strategies and the general way
teams approached the game had become so defensive and cautious.
"That is why it was so important,