How many games did Rio get banned for this? [video=youtube;ub842qIfVZQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub842qIfVZQ[/video]
He kicked the ball from underneath a ballboy who wasn't doing his job and cheating! He may have slightly hit the 'kid'... But more than a 3 game ban!?
this is what happens when the fa are full of ****ty city supporters.. now they just need our best player to put a foot wrong and it will be job complete
how many games did rio get banned because he didn't do drugs. yet players who were found to have done drugs got less its ****ed up
The thing is you can't tell... from one angle he got the ball and from the other he slightly got the brat and the ball... He tried to lift the brat up as well when trying to get the ball but the karnt didn't move!
This thread isn't about 'drugs' its about a player charged with violence towards a non playing participant at a football match, Ferdinand(and others)have caused injuries to innocent parties at games and faced no FA action/sanctions.
Thing is he shouldn't have been anywhere near him though. I think he's lucky that he is a 17 year old brat because he didn't know that when he put his hands on him. Imagine the uproar had he been 12 or 13!!
Yes, the standard for the red card he received from the ref, he escaped the misconduct charge the FA were expected to hit him with.
You're talking about an incident from 11yrs ago, in the time between then and now how many players got away with far worse than Carragher and Hazard? The 3 match ban and a bollicking and club fine should be sufficient punishment in this case, but because Cantona got 9mths you think Hazard should get the same? A hairy arsed 15 stone lunatic flying through the air studs first at head height into the crowd is no way comparable to Hazard and the ballboy.
No Wum, he kicked the ball boy (yes he also kicked the ball) but he should not have reacted to it, so he should get a 12 match ban. But to be honest, you will not miss him, he is not playing that well at the moment.
