Top 10 manager eruptions

Think AVB 'cracked' in front of the media last weekend? Read these tales of punching fans, throwing plates and 52 swear words in one sitting... this is how a manager loses the plot in style.

6. Brian Laws The idea of teacups being thrown against the dressing room wall is synonymous with manager tantrums thanks to Fergie, but former Grimsby manager Brian Laws was guilty of launching an altogether more unusual missile at his players. After a 3-2 defeat to Luton in 1996, whom Grimsby had beaten 7-1 earlier in the season, Laws allegedly raged at Ivano Bonetti for a perceived lack of effort before throwing a plate of chicken wings in his direction, leaving the striker with a fractured cheekbone. Laws has since denied the incident but it paved the way for his departure not long later. 5. Brian Clough As well as being the only man brave enough to punch Roy Keane ("He got up again, so I can't have hit him very hard"), Clough infamously 'clipped the ears' of several Nottingham Forest supporters when they invaded the pitch following a 5-2 win over QPR, prompting the apocryphal headline 'The S**t Hits The Fan'. A few days later, two of the fans went to the City Ground to apologise to Clough, who met them in front of the BBC Midlands Today cameras. After agreeing to put the matter behind them, Clough then inflicted further embarrassment on the pair, telling them to give him a kiss to prove they had forgiven him. 4. Giovanni Trapattoni The veteran Italian's rant in March 1998 during his second spell in charge of Bayern Munich has gone down in Bavarian folklore. Despite the fact his grasp of German was still very much verging on the "pidgin", Trappatoni embarked on impassioned outburst, railing against the poor performance of some of his most senior players with Mehmet Scholl and Mario Basler coming in for a verbal pounding. But it was, perhaps, his criticism of the injury-prone Thomas Strunz that most stuck in the memory. "Strunz. Was erlauben Strunz!?" Trap bellowed. (Literal translation: "Strunz! What dare Strunz!?") In truth, the meaning was secondary, a wide-eyed and wildly-gesticulating Giovanni certainly got his message across. 3. Delio Rossi Rossi enjoyed an eventful 18 months from the start of 2011, which began with his sacking at Palermo in February following a 7-0 home defeat to Udinese. Maurizio Zamparini being Maurizio Zamparini, however, Rossi was reinstated only four weeks later, before leaving again at the end of the season. After taking a short break to work out what the hell just happened, Rossi was then appointed manager of Fiorentina in November, but he failed to sufficiently improve the club's fortunes as they languished in mid-table. Frustrations boiled over in a home match against struggling Novara, when Rossi chose to substitute attacking midfielder Adem Ljajic in the first half with Fiorentina trailing 2-0. Ljajic didn't take kindly to his coach's decision, offering sarcastic applause, which caused Rossi to erupt as he jumped into the dug-out and tried to punch his player. He was sacked with immediate effect and given a three-month ban by the Italian FA. 2. Joe Kinnear "Which one of you is Simon Bird?" "Me." You're a ****." Surprisingly, the next line in the transcript of Joe Kinnear's infamous 2008 press conference was Bird saying "thank you", which isn't the typical response to a brusque and portly man addressing you with the c-word. This was Kinnear's time to shine, however, and shine he did, launching an expletive-laden rant at the media following his return to football as Newcastle manager. Kinnear managed to swear a total of 52 times in the interview, which ended in brilliant fashion after one journalist plucked up the courage to ask: "Enjoyed getting back in the swing of things?" "Absolutely," said a red-faced Kinnear. "I've loved every moment of it." 1. Nelson Vivas Whatever pressure you might find yourself under as a manager, punching a fan is never the solution. It may seem like a good idea, and of course it's bound to be a whole load of fun, but there is only going to be one outcome - just ask former Arsenal defender Nelson Vivas. The 44-year-old was relieved of his duties at Argentine club Quilmes in October after whacking an angry fan across the chops before being restrained by police. Surprisingly, the bruised fan defended Vivas, saying: "He shouldn't have to apologise to me because it was all in the heat of the moment. I think Vivas should continue." But it was to no avail, as Quilmes President Anibal Fernandez had made his decision: "Professionals like Vivas can't get angry about these things, they need to be able to show level-headedness. What happened was crazy." This article first appeared on Football365