Yes, he has always scored goals, lots of them, but his game was about far more than that. He was not merely a poacher, somebody who was in the right place at the right time to finish off the flowing moves that are the hallmark of United's under-age teams.
Mason was a dynamic presence, floating between midfield and attack, dribbling past defenders, combining with his colleagues and terrorising the opposition.
The youngster was lethal with both feet but there was more to him than being a sharpshooter as he sometimes looked more like a natural no.