Watch Coventry City vs Scunthorpe United Live Streaming
Watch Coventry City vs Scunthorpe United Live StreamingO'Neill knows that the biggest threat to Villa's hopes of silverware will be provided by the in-form Wayne Rooney although he has drawn a blank in the two games with the midlands club this season.
The former Celtic boss said: "Wayne Rooney is playing brilliantly. He is a brilliant footballer and has been for some quite considerable time.
"You could see that right from his early days at Everton and he is definitely maturing into a wonderful player.
"He has got a fantastic attitude and that is almost as important as his ability and he will be hard to handle
"Rooney is probably playing the best he has ever played at the moment, scoring goals as well, which gives you a big boost of confidence.
"After the departure of Carlos Tevez and Cristiano Ronaldo, he seems he has taken on even more responsibility and he is thriving on it."
