Swansea v Chelsea

[suewhistle]

It's quite obvious that Hazard kicked him in ribs with the toe of his boot: don't think he was feigning at all, you could see the impact on the screen. It looked like firstly the kid slipped, he probably wasn't rushing to get up and then Hazard makes a bad situation worse by pushing - in the process delaying and disrupting the game more than if he'd waited for the ball-boy to get his act together.

 

Idiot all round, and he was smirking before he got his red card. WTFISN

[niceandfriendly]

Ref had absolutely no choice, no matter that the ballboy was a little *****. Wtf was Hazard thinking???

[Jimmy_D]

It's quite obvious that Hazard kicked him in ribs with the toe of his boot: don't think he was feigning at all, you could see the impact on the screen. It looked like firstly the kid slipped, he probably wasn't rushing to get up and then Hazard makes a bad situation worse by pushing - in the process delaying and disrupting the game more than if he'd waited for the ball-boy to get his act together.

 

Idiot all round, and he was smirking before he got his red card. WTFISN

 

Yeah, more I look at it the more it looks like the toe of his boot has gone right in the kid's ribs.

[Cincy USA]

Good job it was Hazard who kicked that ball boy in the ribs.

Torres would have missed.

[solentstars]

Horrible little scrote.

 

Would you feel the same if it was your son

 

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[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

Would you feel the same if it was your son

 

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I'd be mortified that my son was acting like such a scrote on national tv.

[Wade Garrett]

Ball boy should have given the ball back. He deserved what he got.

[St Chalet]

I'd be mortified that my son was acting like such a scrote on national tv.

 

^^^ This

[Just a Fan]

Talking about it on t.v.afterwards, Hoddle was saying that ball boys are often told to do a bit of time wasting if the other side are winning. They also showed another lad playing it slow a few minute earlier. Just took his time getting the ball and then half-heartedly kicked it to the goalie. That's a bit naughty innit!

[Crab Lungs]

There will prob be a police complaint and a gbh case to answer, that's my guess. Then itll be settled out of court. Just a guess.

[Junction 9]

Is this in anyway Saints related?

[Jimmy_D]

 

And people have already started having fun with this.

[OttawaSaint]

Just seen the clip, looks pretty tame to be honest, he wants the ball, the boy tries to keep it, he dinks it out and steps over him, no way he is hurt. Still, shouldn't have touched him, he should have known what would happen though...

[Smirking_Saint]

Would you feel the same if it was your son

 

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Id have told him he was playing crap anyway so may aswell have got a kick in

[Saint Matty 76]

Kid deserved it for referring to himself as a "LAD" on twitter and then crying after getting a little dig in the ribs.

[Jimmy_D]

WARNING: Time wasting may be Hazardous to your health.

[Saint Scott]

This isn't the first time a child has had a premier league footballer be nasty to him. Check out Michael Owen being an a**ehole to a 13 year old boy.

 

 

Love Southall at the end!

[Sour Mash]

Just seen the clip, looks pretty tame to be honest, he wants the ball, the boy tries to keep it, he dinks it out and steps over him, no way he is hurt. Still, shouldn't have touched him, he should have known what would happen though...

As I say, why did it get to the point where the player had to go over to try and get the ball off the ballboy? The Ref should have been managing that situation in advance, not allowing Swansea to take the P**s like that.

[scotty]

That clip is really funny. I suppose the ref had no choice, but that jug-eared little pikey rolling around as if he'd been stabbed by a drug dealer is priceless.

 

edit, just saw this on sicki;

 

Hazard kicked the ball boy for keeping the ball. Torres would've missed him, Cole would've shot him and Terry would have sh*gged his wife.

Edited 23 January, 2013 by scotty

[Flyer]

The little chav is 17 and not the 10 he looks, hes embarrassed himself on national TV and is an odious ****.

 

Still, the scum somehow manage to sink even lower which is fine in my book.

[Saint Scott]

Apparently South Wales Police are investigating the incident now.

[scotty]

Is this in anyway Saints related?

 

Yes. Hazard was clearly frustrated by chelsea's recent inability to beat Saints at stamford bridge.

[Lazlo78]

Yes you can. If a player is on the ground on the ball and someone tries to kick the ball and kicks the man instead, it'll be put down as an accident and no-one mentions it again.

 

Regardless, an annoying ballboy shouldn't be influencing the game. The ref could have left it and let them analyst it post-match to decide on a fine/suspension.

 

All right then. You can't deliberately kick anyone on a football pitch. What all those macho men in thread doesn't get is that the ball boy could have taken the ball and danced the Macarena bare-arsed and Hazard should still not have kicked him. The ref can add time for timewasting or tell the ballboy to get on with it... Once Hazard pushed him, the ballboy made a meal of it but that happens all the time in football; Hazard got fooled. So yes, I am more than implying that he's an annoying diver but that really does not justify anything for Hazard.

 

And: if the ref sees this as a deliberate kick he can't let them work it out post match; he has to react there and then.

[Matthew Le Tissier]

Did the ball boy get sent to the stands for time wasting? They were both in the wrong. They both should have been punished.

[Sour Mash]

Apparently South Wales Police are investigating the incident now.

You've got to be joking?

[Matthew Le God]

It looks alot worse from this angle...

 

 

[Matthew Le Tissier]

**** sake my mrs has just seen this video and thinks its actually what happened,

[saint_jas]

Imo, Hazard deserved red card.

However the little **** and his parents assuming they are Swansea fans should be banned from getting Wembley tickets.

[Viking Warrior]

I can understand the sending off , the tweet he sent 4 hours before the match is still available . He's 17 and is seen posing with a tin of beer . Is there an age limit for ball boys , but this scroats actions probably means the end of ball boys at games

[Scudamore]

Is there an age limit for ball boys , but this scroats actions probably means the end of ball boys at games

 

I understand we're planning on replacing ours with women dressed up like air hostesses.

[Sour Mash]

Imo, Hazard deserved red card.

However the little **** and his parents assuming they are Swansea fans should be banned from getting Wembley tickets.

Could be absolute b****s, but just seen on twitter that the Chelsea team have been staying at a hotel owned by the lad's old man. Couldn't make it up if true.

[Hedgehog]

Just watched the clip, what a pussy the ball-boy looks, give him an oscar

[Matthew Le Tissier]

A ball boy got one of Chelsea's best players sent off. Simple as. Swansea should be investigated although it will be a waste of time and money.

 

1. they shouldn't give the job to losers like that and that age. It should be given as an incentive to the kids, like junior saints.

 

2. Players should respect them a little more. Dan Harding used to bully ours something rotten

 

3. The ref should punish time wasting by ball boys the same as a player.

 

4. Ban the little **** from Wembley.

[Viking Warrior]

Just looked at the lads twitter account . Not the nice sweet innocent boy people are suggesting . Hazard was stupid for his action now he will get charged with assault . Swansea should be investigated to if what this lad is suggesting in his tweet is true .

[stardustonmyfeet]

Didn't we have a bit of a hullabaloo against another team in our play-off season for ball boy antics, I'm thinking Derby? Could be wrong. Just imagine if one of them pulled a stunt like this. We'd be foaming at the mouth en masse.

[St Jim]

regardless of the actions of the boy, and lets not forget that he is a minor and depending on his maturity, minor's brain development is not sufficient for consequences to be at the forefront of their mind (this is medically proven), lets not loose sight of the fact that Hazard is meant to be a professional representing the sport and his club. Any player in that situation should just have approached the ref to ensure extra time was going to be added.

 

Every video I have seen of it he causes the boy to fall on top the ball the kicks him as a way to get the ball. The red card was fully justified and I expect the FA to extend the ban.

 

I work in an office and if a little brat kept hiding my keyboard and I kicked him I'd fully expect to be sacked.

[Appy]

Just watched the clip, what a pussy the ball-boy looks, give him an oscar

 

Gave him the wrong player then.

[dubai_phil]

Syed Zarar ‏@Zarar_KTBFFH They both apologized. Period. Let us now move on and make new banners on how to get our team's morale even worse #CFC

 

 

 

Not condoning the actions of the cheating ball boy or the thug Hazard btw

[Thedelldays]

Hazard should never have done what he did

 

But as usual (like we saw with saints last week) the press are going OTT

 

Some calling it a cantona incident. A national disgrace etc

 

It quite clear what happened

 

The ball boys were wasting time. This ball boy clearly laid on the ball. Hazard had a kick (not that hard) and the ball boy was a nob for faking injury

 

Oh, going in how this lad was a young child... He is nearly 18. Luke shaw is probably younger than him.

[bridge too far]

Pat Nevin having a rant on BBC Breakfast just now

[CB Saint]

Pat Nevin having a rant on BBC Breakfast just now

 

Heard him of 5live - said he would have kicked the ball out from under him as well.

[trousers]

Heard him of 5live - said he would have kicked the ball out from under him as well.

 

Footballer in choosing least intellectual solution shocker...

[Hatch]

Hazard is only a few years older than the ball boy himself.

[Dimond Geezer]

I'm not in anyway condoning what Hazad did, but the ballboy was being a ****, he didn't deliberately kick him, he was clearly trying to get the ball. If I was the lads father, I'd have given Hazard a bollocking, and also told my son he deserved everything he got.

 

Mind you he's got the makings of a promising footballer, he made a good job of play acting & hand waving, my lads get worse on the rugby pitch week after week & just get on with it.

 

The red card & forthcoming 3 match ban is fair punishment.

[Bearsy]

Regardless, an annoying ballboy shouldn't be influencing the game.

 

They should replay match IMO. I wonder if ballboy will get winners medal for his contribution?

[Restark19]

So basically what you lot on here are saying is its perfectly acceptable to lash out at a kid because he's being a bit of a nob. Hazard is a role model to thousands of kids around the world, he's also representing Chelsea and to some extent English football. When some lad boots one of your kids in the playground we'll see how happy you are about it. It's clearly unacceptable behaviour for a professional to kick a young lad who's lying on the floor. That said the referee should have stepped in earlier.

[Thedelldays]

This was not a kid. It was a young man who is probably older than luke shaw.

 

Someone phone in in talksport this morning saying his son is only a few months older than this lad and is heading out to Afghanistan soon... So hardly a "kid" and "in the playground"

 

What hazard did was wrong. But he hardly belted him one and the lad was n utter embarrassment to himself

[Viking Warrior]

Fortunately for the ball lad, swansea held on to win, had the stoppage he caused allowed chelsjki to regroup and go on to win Im sure his fellow fans would have given the lad a good kicking away from the ground. He could have cost the swans the game

[Sour Mash]

So basically what you lot on here are saying is its perfectly acceptable to lash out at a kid because he's being a bit of a nob. Hazard is a role model to thousands of kids around the world, he's also representing Chelsea and to some extent English football. When some lad boots one of your kids in the playground we'll see how happy you are about it. It's clearly unacceptable behaviour for a professional to kick a young lad who's lying on the floor. That said the referee should have stepped in earlier.

"In the playground"? I think you'd be wondering what your "kid" that is nearly 18 would be doing in a playground. The FA should investigate Swansea anyway for creating the situation, instructing ball boys to hold onto the ball like that

[Viking Warrior]

HIs father and his fellow SFC owners should be held to account for not undertaking a risk assessment on potential dangers to ballboys with the club decision to get ballboys to waste time.