Source: Daily_Mail
Aston Villa 2 Portsmouth 0: O'Neill's the true winner after bust-up
When Steve Sidwell joined Villa he had already undertaken a masterclass in passion.
Asked about his time at Chelsea, he revealed he had been stunned by the ferocity of their pre-match team meetings.
Villa boss Martin O'Neill and Nigel Reo-Coker stood toe-to-toe on the training pitch last week, with the player crossing the boundaries of the normal employer-employee relationship. And possibly vice-versa.
When you have witnessed John Terry, Didier Drogba, Michael Essien et al screaming and pumping themselves up in a tribal rant, what took place at Bodymoor Heath might not surprise you.
