Love him or detest him, you may't deny he is field workplace.
He may need left Celtic a couple of 12 months in the past now however Neil Lennon remains to be within the headlines for his touchline antics.
Now answerable for Omonia Nicosia, the Irishman led his facet to home cup glory on Wednesday and made himself a hero in Cyprus within the course of.
However in true Lennon type, he is additionally going through a touchline ban after a livid bust-up with officers.
He was seen raging on the sidelines, making a smoking gesture in the direction of the referee earlier than sarcastically applauding them off the pitch and he may now have the guide thrown at him for bringing the sport into disrepute.
As everyone knows although it is from his first rodeo.
In his 12 plus years as an expert supervisor, everybody from Jim Duffy to Ally McCoist have had a style of his fury and he is by no means been one to carry again in his press conferences both.
Right here Document Sport check out a number of of his most notorious flare-ups.
Love-in with Ally
Previous Agency derbies are sometimes fiery affairs however one Scottish Cup tie in 2011 took it to a different stage.
The sport itself was determined by a lone Mark Wilson strike however the soccer was a mere sideshow because the dangerous blood between the edges spilled over.
Steven Whittaker's first half pink card for wiping out Emiliano Izaguirre set the tone and the sport completed with 12 bookings and THREE Rangers gamers despatched off.
However even that was solely the beginning of the chaos because it was the managers' flip to steal the present as soon as the ultimate whistle went.
What began as a seemingly respectful embrace between Lennon and Ally McCoist shortly turned bitter because the Irishman was seen whispering one thing into his ear after which pointing in his face.
He then needed to be held again by his teaching employees and each managers had been handed touchline bans – Lennon's for 4 video games because it was his second offence of the season. And we’ve by no means actually been instructed precisely what was stated between the 2 that night time.
Sparring with Jim
Kudus Oyenuga's surprising problem on Jordon Forster was the catalyst for this one as Lennon and Jim Duffy almost got here to blows.
It is water underneath the bridge between them now however on the time it was livid because the Hibs and Morton managers needed to be torn aside by gamers and training employees.
Talking after the Scottish Cup tie, which led to a 0-0 draw at Easter Street, Lennon claimed Duffy supplied him a "sq. go" - one thing Duffy vehemently denies.
A raging Lennon stated after the sport: “Right here’s my tackle it – the man tried to interrupt Jordon’s leg after which he feigns a headbutt from Darren (McGregor).
“The subsequent factor I've obtained is the Morton supervisor asking for a sq. go, which is honest sufficient, I'm not going to again down.
"If it involves blows to blows. I wasn’t beginning it. I’ve obtained the Morton assistant supervisor, I've obtained the Morton gamers (coming at me), however it will likely be ‘dangerous previous Lenny’, ‘Lenny began it’ - all that garbage."
The Bolton Wanderer
It appears Lennon took his job title as supervisor of Bolton a bit too actually as he wandered out of his technical space throughout his first sport in 2014 – and was despatched to the stands for his troubles.
The soccer itself was mad sufficient in his dugout debut in Lanarkshire as Birmingham completed the sport with striker Lee Novak in aim after Darren Randolph was despatched off.
Matt Mills had given Lennon's staff the lead however the sport descended into anarchy when Bolton gained a penalty and Lennon left the dugout space to present directions to his gamers.
Earlier than the kick could possibly be taken, he was despatched to the stand for frequent encroachment - and Craig Davies then despatched the ball to affix him as he ballooned it over the bar.
Bolton nonetheless managed to win 1-0.
'I did not discover it humorous'
These 5 phrases from Lennon have been immortalised in meme format after he took Craig Levein's bait hook, line and sinker.
The Levein-Lennon interval of the Edinburgh Derby's historical past was a vibrant one and one Hibs will consider fondly as that they had the higher hand for essentially the most half.
A Hearts win within the Scottish Cup although led Levein to say the "pure order" had been restored and when the Hearts boss was requested if he regretted it, he insisted it was " chortle".
Cue fury from his Hibs counterpart.
“Fun? I didn’t discover it humorous.
“In my time in Scottish soccer, I’ve seen lots of people with a misguided sense of superiority within the sport – with out really incomes it or attaining something.
“I believe he was pandering to the plenty with the remark.
“It’s derogatory to my membership, my gamers, our supporters and me. And it was very, very poor, in poor style."
Threw away the derby
It could be January 2019 earlier than Lennon left Hibs though the writing was on the wall lengthy earlier than that.
Within the wake of a 2-1 defeat at Tynecastle, in the direction of the top of the 2017/18 season, he threatened to stroll out on the membership - branding his gamers "unprofessional" after a number of of his gamers slipped early on.
“I can’t settle for gamers slipping over as a result of they don’t have proper footwear. That’s beginner stuff.
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"Not defending set performs. Beginner stuff. We had three good possibilities however didn’t have the gumption or abdomen to make the distinction.
“We threw it away. Unprofessional. Not adequate.
"I can’t watch that in derbies. It’s not adequate. We’ve obtained a board assembly subsequent week. So, we’ll see. Nothing final endlessly however I’ve been right here two years, made nice strides."
If you wish to depart, depart
Lennon's second spell at Celtic began effectively however led to disarray and it appeared it had been a very long time coming when he was proven the door in March final 12 months.
Followers will really feel the membership ought to have seen the indicators earlier as they crashed out of the Champions League to Ferencvaros.
Talking after that sport, a devastated Lennon unloaded on his gamers for his or her mentality - calling out some who "did not wish to be there".
He stated: "Get your mentality proper, get your perspective proper. If a few of you do not wish to be right here, depart.
"In the event that they're making waves to go away the membership then they're clearly not dedicated and I need gamers who're dedicated to the membership."
'A barrage of absolute hypocrisy'
After a defeat to Rangers left Celtic 19 factors off the tempo within the title race final January, Lennon and his gamers jetted off to Dubai for a heat climate coaching camp within the midst of a pandemic.
You'll be able to think about what occurred subsequent.
Footage of Lennon and captain Scott Brown lounging by the pool sparked fury from all angles, be it supporters, pundits, and even First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Particularly after the membership recorded 13 constructive circumstances within the days after returning.
However Lennon slammed the criticisms as "hypocritical" - claiming he and his gamers had been held to the next normal than the remainder of the nation.
“We didn't abuse any privilege,” Lennon stated. “We did the fitting issues. We had been completely, completely skilled.
"We had a bit of drink within the afternoon on a break day, utterly allowed, no regulation breaking, but we come again to this barrage of absolute hypocrisy.
"We’ve come again, we’ve been completely decimated by these guidelines. It appears political.”