Why does one party always have to be blameless for another to be at fault?

The ball boy certainly contributed to the incident by lying on the ball after he fell/was pushed over and then he also miked it a bit afterwards. Its clear he is a bit of a jack the lad who was trying to take advantage of the original tumble to waste a bit of time/clown around.

But that does not mean he deserved to be kicked by a premier league player who should know better. unless of course you believe that players should be allowed to lay into any ball boy (or indeed fan when the ball goes into the crowd) who does not give the ball straight back to them within 2 seconds? i've been at games where the ball boys have deliberately remained on their stools and made our players fetch balls themselves, clearly under instruction from the clubs. perhaps our players should have t**tted them round the head for their insolence!

Posted By: Jim, Jan 24, 10:23:00