If Lennon does not further contest the decision before the weekend he will be watching from the stand against Inverness CT on Sunday when Celtic can clinch the title.And he has hinted that he will make the most of his first chance to air his opinions on the ban, saying on Twitter: "Really looking forward to my press conference tomorrow.Despite even supportive comments from numerous individuals including Jim Goodwin himself, this judgement has been made, something which we find quite astonishing.The 41-year-old was served with a notice of complaint from the SFA after television microphones picked up his side of a verbal exchange with St Mirren skipper Jim Goodwin.No sanction was issued for the breach of disciplinary rule 203 but a suspended three-match ban from last season was triggered.He vowed to challenge the charge of "repeated use of offensive, insulting and abusive language.On that occasion, he was found guilty of breaching three rules after rushing on to the pitch at full-time following a defeat to Hearts at Hampden to confront referee Euan Norris.But the complaint was upheld, with the deletion of the words "repeated" and "insulting and abusive.Fundamentally the particular disciplinary system in place is absurd - a system where such a case can be brought on the strength of two 'complaints' from people totally unconnected to the match in question, while a fourth official overseeing the technical area during the match makes no mention of any incident to the SFA.
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