He was trying to get the ball off him and the ballboy was preventing him!

THAT was the most surreal part of the incident. Hazard was wrong but it was a rush of blood to dislodge the ball.

The kid? Good grief - what a little s**t.

Posted By: norway on January 24th 2013 at 10:47:04

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I've had a long hard think about last night and I now have a slightly different view (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 09:52:18
- The ball boy is irrelevant. What happened was correct, and Hazard is the dickhead (Other Football) - pants, Jan 24, 10:14:48
  - The ball boy is clearly not irrelevant is he? (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 10:44:28
    - Let's stick to the facts, he's retrieving the ball, and the player pushes him over (Other Football) - pants, Jan 24, 10:46:38
      - We'll just have to disagree on that point I think. (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 10:48:24
        
        htehb (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 24, 10:49:16
  - I think, on reflection, that you're absolutely right (n/m) (Other Football) - Adster, Jan 24, 10:32:20
  - So the ballboy is blameless - I'd expect that from you Pants! (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jan 24, 10:18:09
    - Erm, yeah, pretty much. If the crowd don't return the ball, and delay the match (Other Football) - pants, Jan 24, 10:27:03
    - Why does one party always have to be blameless for another to be at fault? (Other Football) - Jim, Jan 24, 10:23:00
      - The case that's being made is, the kid should have just been pushed over and taken it (Other Football) - pants, Jan 24, 10:30:20
        
        Bullseye (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellalee, Jan 24, 11:13:22
        
        Yep, in that the ballscrote's stupid behaviour has a correlation with the state... (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 11:25:35
        
        "If professionals don't like what the kid did, then football needs to change, because (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jan 24, 10:34:25
        
        Yep - that's a fair point. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 10:45:37
      - This is true, and Hazard can't have been aware it was a 17-year old tosser when he kicked (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jan 24, 10:27:39
- Pat Nevin called himself a guardian reading liberal this morning, then went on to say that (Other Football) - Adster, Jan 24, 10:06:53
- Agreed - appealing to the ref acting liked he'd been shot - cunt! (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jan 24, 10:00:07
  - Pat Nevin pot on this morning (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 10:01:38
    - VMT. BBC refused to show any other camera angle which would have shown the truth (n/m) (Other Football) - Pit, Jan 24, 10:02:50
      - The truth being he kicked the kid in the ribs? (Other Football) - Jim, Jan 24, 10:15:20
        
        both to blame. both did the wrong thing but the ball boy more to blame imho (n/m) (Other Football) - Pit, Jan 24, 10:25:02
        
        He didn't kick him in the ribs - the lad was milking it for all he was worth! (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jan 24, 10:19:23
        
        He did. There is no way that a rationale human being can watch that footage and (Other Football) - Jim, Jan 24, 10:24:18
        
        did make contact even! Doh! (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Jan 24, 10:31:26
        
        He shouldn't be kicking out at him, whether he hit his ribs or not. (Other Football) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 24, 10:28:40
    - *spot*! (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 10:02:19
- The ball boy (Other Football) - fleckmatic, Jan 24, 09:54:39
  - His ACTUAL JOB is to retrieve and return the ball. His ACTUAL JOB. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 10:03:08
    - So getting pushed over whilst he was doing that, is like an appraisal of his work? (Other Football) - pants, Jan 24, 10:39:38
      - He was trying to get the ball off him and the ballboy was preventing him! (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 10:47:04
  - To be fair, he's felt contact so is entitled to go to ground. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jan 24, 09:56:22
    - haha (n/m) (Other Football) - scruffy, Jan 24, 10:29:32
    - Haha (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jan 24, 10:23:13
    - Fergie this morning : "That ball boy could have been killed you know !" (n/m) (Other Football) - Pit, Jan 24, 10:01:52
    - lulz (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 10:00:45
    - ROLF (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 24, 09:56:47
  - Little shit (Other Football) - norway, Jan 24, 09:55:28

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