Ball boy incident

[Charlton]

alright the young lad shouldn't have done what he did, but that was no reason to kick him, the player should be charged with assault, and Pat Nevin condoning the players actions is ridiculous.

[david.northeast]

alright the young lad shouldn't have done what he did, but that was no reason to kick him, the player should be charged with assault, and Pat Nevin condoning the players actions is ridiculous.

Totally agree with you Alan hazard is a grown bloke and should know better hes also probably an idol to a lot of youngsters and this doesn't show him in a good light.

[eddie t]

does he kick him or the ball first ? as he kicks ya see the ball come from under the lad.

[sless]

he should have booted him twice,

[billynobaits]

3 times,n then give im a right ander,snotty little toerag

[OuTkast76]

No he should not be charged with assault that's ridiculous, He clearly kicked the ball from under the kid and the videos from certain angles show that,Funny how the kid said on his twitter account before the game that he is going to do all he can to waste time for his side, And next thing you know he is lying on top of the ball haha....And after the incident the twitter account was mysteriously deleted!! Also his dad is a director or something at the club, And finally they have dropped charges! I wonder why

[KeithB]

Swansea should be made to replay or forfeit the game it was blatant cheating and the ball "boy" ?? should have his Audi taken off him for a while

[RL83]

No he should not be charged with assault that's ridiculous, He clearly kicked the ball from under the kid and the videos from certain angles show that,Funny how the kid said on his twitter account before the game that he is going to do all he can to waste time for his side, And next thing you know he is lying on top of the ball haha....And after the incident the twitter account was mysteriously deleted!! Also his dad is a director or something at the club, And finally they have dropped charges! I wonder why

totally agree as i think all this is getting very onesided in the media and in the publuc eye!!
fair enough not the smartest thing to do from hazard but he was trying to kick the ball from underneath him and not giving him a "kicking" like a lot belive!!!
plus at 17 he's the biggest ballboy ive seen!!
and throughout the game the swansea ballboys blatantly were very slow in giving the ball back!
im not a chelsea fan at all but i do know cheating when i see it!!
everybody does it to a degree in football but to be so blatant is shocking!!

[The Deeps]

Should have sent Torres to get the ball and there would be no dispute.He would have missed

[kayos]

Should have sent Torres to get the ball and there would be no dispute.He would have missed

[fishingmark]

What was Hazard thinking? Wrestling with a ballboy! Totally unprofessional and wreckless. Whatever the kid did there was no need for Hazard to be anywhere near him.
Red card, 3 match ban, all shaken hands now. The correct outcome.
I seem to remember Cabaye doing something similar where he pushed a ballboy and at the time I was surprised there was no punishment for him.