THERE will be ramifications following the Easter Road rammy but Neil Lennon has far more important things to consider after a draw with Morton which, more or less, ensured Hibernian will win the Ladbrokes Championship meaning they will play in the Premiership next season.

The dust from the pushing, shoving and swearing will settle, it always does, and while Lennon was quite correct to lay the blame at Morton’s Kudus Oyenuga for a shocking challenge on Jordon Forster, and also to point out that manager Jim Duffy was the original aggressor, the Northern Irishman didn’t just stand his ground, he also had to be held back for his own good as things got feisty on the touchline.

It was more silly than sinister. Fines will be handed out, perhaps a bit of time is going to be spent in the stand, but the world will continue to spin. Civilisation as we know it is not going to collapse because, for minute or so, there was something of a kerfuffle at a football match.

A more pressing matter for Lennon is that, while his team are the best in the Championship and have reached a Scottish Cup semi-final beating Hearts in some style on the way, his squad needs strengthened if they hope to become a top-six side next season, which is surely the aim.

Lennon has some good players, just not enough of them. There is also a chance that two of his best, John McGinn and Jason Cummings, will be lured away from Leith this summer by clubs who have the money to make offers too good to refuse.

As Wednesday’s game went on, it was obvious that Hibs were not going to score. A win, according to Lennon, would mean that was the title done and dusted, an opinion which is difficult to argue with, but there was a lack of urgency which was surprising given what was at stake.

Too often this season, the best team in the Championship have dropped points against the lesser sides – most lower-half clubs have taken something from them – for it not to be a concern. Lennon will already be looking ahead to next season, let’s hope for his sake the board are as well, and even if the squad are kept together, five or six Premiership-class players are needed.

That is not easy and it costs money. This is a big pre-season for those who run Hibs and they need to get it right for the manager who is on the verge of delivering the club promotion and perhaps another Scottish Cup Final.

This current Hibs side are not as good as Rangers of a year ago or Hearts from the campaign before that. That doesn’t mean they will necessarily struggle in the top flight, but the jump is always bigger than some expect.

Celtic are Celtic and will continue to dominate. Rangers are bound to be better, Aberdeen remain the best of the rest, Hearts will, well let’s just see about that, and St Johnstone are sure to continue being admirably consistent.

Knowing Lennon as I do, he will not settle for mid-table. He is a realist; however, he will also see his club as being one of the biggest in the country, which they are, and therefore should be challenging for top four.

He won’t settle for just doing okay. Hearts finished third in their first season back. Rangers look set to do the same, with second place still a possibility. For Hibs to at least attempt to emulate those others that found themselves outside the top tier, the squad has to get better.

I watched them at St Mirren on a night when they didn’t look interested and were well beaten. There is a lack of physicality in the team and, at times, lots of times, they get themselves into good positions but the final ball is not so much woeful but missing altogether.

At least in captain Darren McGregor they have a fine leader and a player more than capable of going up against the best in the Premiership.

As for Lennon, I hold my hands up and admit that I really like the guy, he’s a straight-talker, which is rare in football, has done exactly what he was asked to do at Hibs, and the season could get better if they can beat Aberdeen in the semi-final, and while he is hard on the players, he has been good for them as well.

The manager cannot, however, do it on his own and it is Lennon’s good fortune that in Leanne Dempster he has someone in the boardroom who is nobody’s fool.

Scottish football needs Hibs to become a force again. It’s good that within a game or two they will be confirmed Championship champions.

But what has happened before at that club, when they failed to build on anything good, cannot be allowed to happen again.