I agree with this. It's PC gone absolute mad and an incident blown way out of proportion IMO. It's clear that both Hazard and the ballboy overreacted and both were in the wrong. You can't say one is and the other isn't but is there really much more to it than just 6 of one half a dozen of the other? In a football arena we've seen legs broken, players even go into cardiac arrest and have serious repercussions. To me, there's bigger things to worry about on a football pitch and... life. I know it sounds dismissive of Hazard's actions (which can't be condoned) but that's just how I feel.
NO. Hazard was wrong. He is a Professional, an adult. The boy is under age, under 18. So the boy wastes time - as a professional you ask for it back, give it 30 seconds, he would've given back or the Refs would've intervened or Hazard would've got another ball from the sidelines in a flash. Then if the Ref deems it necessary to add a few seconds, it's up to his discretion. There is no place for what Hazard did.
Both were in the wrong. A 17 year old isn't a 13 year old, he's responsible for his own actions. At that age he can legally be married and have sex etc.
So if Hazard had fu(ked him, it would have been ok??? I posted my views on here yesterday and having seen the incident from all angles now and in HD, it's not as bad as I first thought from the one angle I'd seen last night (I wasn't watching the game on Sky). I still think Hazard caught him but it has been blown out of proportion and it does appear as though he is trying to kick the ball. However, Hazard should have known better than to get involved and it was a pretty stupid thing to do.
I really don't see why so many on here are getting so enraged by Hazard's actions. He was trying to get the ball that's all. The little twerp did not need to hold onto it as though his life depended on it. If Hazard had intended to hurt him, I think he would have been able to do so quite easily. Just because it was a Chelsea player does not make the incident worthy of so much outrage and indignation from our fans. Hazard was clearly wrong and will be punished for it. But if Swansea don't sack that little Welsh ****, I for one will be outraged.
If you hadn't paid me the compliment about my age, I might have had to ask to see you outside over the Scum slur. I am not Swords in disguise.
100% agree on that, was a stupid action but looking closely on it nothing really happened - he just tried to kick the ball and not the boy. Do not understand the hatred towards Chelsea, they are just another football club to me.
Right Harry! from Caught Offside """""""""""" Harry Redknapp Brands Swansea City Ball Boy ‘Disgusting’ by The Newshound January 25th, 2013 Loftus Road boss backs Eden Hazard. Harry Redknapp has offered his support to Chelsea’s Eden Hazard following his red card for kicking a ball boy during their encounter with Swansea City, labelling the actions of the ball boy involved as “disgusting”. The comments from QPR manager Redknapp came after the ball boy at the centre of the row, 17-year-old Charlie Morgan — who is also the son of Swansea’s biggest shareholder — took to Twitter after a “crazy 24 hours” and confirmed that he would not be pressing charges against Hazard. Hazard was sent off by referee Chris Foy for kicking Morgan in the closing stages of Wednesday night’s Capital One Cup semi-final second leg at Liberty Stadium, which ended 0-0 as the Swans advanced to the final 2-0 on aggregate. The Belgium playmaker lost patience when Morgan refused to hand over the ball after it had gone out for a goal-kick. Morgan fell to the ground as Hazard attempted to get the ball from him, with the 22-year-old then trying to kick it from under him but appearing to instead make contact with the youngster. However, Redknapp said he sympathised with Hazard and holds Morgan responsible for the incident. “Hazard toe-poked the ball under the boy’s body. Why is the kid lying on the ball in the first place?” he said. “You can imagine the frustration — you’re a player trying to reach a cup final but there’s this kid behaving like an idiot who won’t give you the ball back. “Hazard didn’t kick the kid, he kicked the ball underneath him, but the whole thing got blown out of all proportion. “I can think of a lot of players who would have kicked a bit harder than he did. He just toe-poked the ball away. “The boy was tweeting before the game that he’s a super time waster. The way he behaved was disgusting.” In the early hours of Friday, Morgan tweeted: “Crazy 24 hours. Spoke to Hazard and I will not be pressing charges. Be in touch.” Despite that, South Wales Police have been obliged to continue investigating the incident after receiving three complaints. “Three calls have been received from members of the public living in Sussex, Kent and west Wales which are being followed up,” a police spokesman said. Hazard was assumed to have avoided criminal charges when the matter was dropped after he and the teenager met and made mutual apologies. It then emerged Morgan was the son of millionaire Swansea director Martin Morgan. Charlie’s parents Martin and Luisa Morgan own almost a quarter of the Premier League club and their son enjoys a lifestyle most professional footballers would envy. Lifelong Swans fans, the Morgans amassed their £42 million ($66.3m) fortune through owning and selling a travel agency and then investing in boutique hotels """"""""""""""""""""""""
