Ballboys wasting a bit of time is nothing new. Hell we even do it! Annoying when it's against you but handy when it's for you. This particular incident was hardly the worst display of timewasting I've ever seen up to the point when Hazard shoved him. Hazard's reaction is completely undefendable. He kicked the kid for god's sake. He may have milked it a bit but it's completely beside the point.
So the ball boy said before the game, he was making a final appearance because he was "king of time wasting" See his tweet that covered end junior just posted.
Kick the kid! What's he playing at rolling over the ball the twat! Doesn't matter how old he is, if he's old enough to have the responsibility to manage the balls in a Carling Cup Semi Final he's old enough to have a clip for rolling all over the ball
I should think the police will interview Hazard and may charge him with assault.
The ball boy was absolutely at fault and the referee should include that in his report. It seems quite likely he was acting on instructions, and if that comes out then Swansea should be put on a FA charge. But the ball boy isn't an adult and Hazard cannot be in the right whatever the boy did wrong.
After all, if the ball boy had kicked Hazard then we'd never have heard the last of it.
I thought it was by far the most entertaining part of the match.
Hazard was lucky that it happened in front of the Chelsea fans. I can think of some places where the crowd would have lynched the player. I know I bloody would if it were my son. In fact, that wouldn't surprise me because my little boy loves sitting on the ball so that i'll kick it from underneath him!
I think Paul Miller had a go at a ball boy at Norwich one year, it got kinda forgotten as he floored Robert Fleck while the ball was miles away a couple of minutes later. Never did things by halves our Max.
When we played West Ham in the big relegation battle Pardew changed the ball boys and they were all much older. They were given strict instructions on what to do throughout the game. Pardews cousin told me that.
The ball boy is 17 and has got stuff on his Twitter with him boozing on the way to an away game and claiming that he would waste time. I'm not saying that Hazard isn't in the wrong but let's not portray the ball boy as some butter wouldn't melt 12 year old, to all intents and purposes he is a man dicking around on purpose in the middle of a football match.
Olly we don't do it, our ballboys are just shit, even when we are losing they just sit on their chairs and don't move unless it lands at their feet. My lot I sit with will tell you of a couple of ball boy hissy fits I have had.
When we played West Ham in the big relegation battle Pardew changed the ball boys and they were all much older. They were given strict instructions on what to do throughout the game. Pardews cousin told me that.
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Fair play to the kid hazzards is a prick oc the highest order
See his tweet that covered end junior just posted.
The boy will live and have his 5 minutes of fame.
Hazard booted the ball anyway.
Dreading the poxy papers tomorrow...'footballer sinks to new low' or 'our Olympic heroes wouldn't do this!'.
The ball boy was absolutely at fault and the referee should include that in his report. It seems quite likely he was acting on instructions, and if that comes out then Swansea should be put on a FA charge. But the ball boy isn't an adult and Hazard cannot be in the right whatever the boy did wrong.
After all, if the ball boy had kicked Hazard then we'd never have heard the last of it.
Sending off was a joke.
Aren't their usually a set of balls for the players?
Hazard was lucky that it happened in front of the Chelsea fans. I can think of some places where the crowd would have lynched the player. I know I bloody would if it were my son. In fact, that wouldn't surprise me because my little boy loves sitting on the ball so that i'll kick it from underneath him!
Daily Mail--------------- " Hazard is a foreign bastard"
The Sun ---------------" Bingo is back"