Eden Hazard assault?

[Slime]

Every time a Chelsea thread comes up you are always jumping in feet first and slagging them off to the hilt. For once you are right that Hazard is/was an idiot for what happened tonight.

Don't think so mate. I have no issue with Chelsea FC per se, never have really.
I do have a problem with John Terry and will probably jump into any John Terry thread I come accross but I have no issues with CFC, trust me.

Slime.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Dangerous place down at Swansea. RVP nearly died now the ball boy nearly kicked to death.

Why wasn't ball boy booked for play acting. Give the ball back you chubby little tit!!!

Where in the rules of football does it stop ballboys breakdancing on the ball?

He should have done the worm, as an encore.

 

[Imurg]

I can never understand why players go after the ball anyway. Do they really think it's going to speed things up?
How many times do you see a keeper holding onto the ball after a goal when the scorer is trying to get the ball too..?

Patbetic children - and I don't mean the ballboys

 

[Toad]

Seriously , how can you even compare these two incidents

Both cases are an assualt on an individual in the eyes of the law, the point I am trying to highlight is that people seem to forget that just because it took place on a football pitch they are not above the law of the land.

If he is deemed to have assualted the lad then his punishment could be more serious than a 2 game ban.

 

[user2009]

Just seen this and it's indefensible what he did. a player just can't go kicking the ballboy or anyone else no matter what, he should get a 5 game ban for that. Do that on the street and you get locked up

 

[user2009]

Both cases are an assualt on an individual in the eyes of the law, the point I am trying to highlight is that people seem to forget that just because it took place on a football pitch they are not above the law of the land.

If he is deemed to have assualted the lad then his punishment could be more serious than a 2 game ban.

Never happens though in the bubble wrapped world of football, though it should

 

[sawtooth]

Bloody hell calling that assault is over egging it a bit to say the least.

I'm not even sure that he even touched the little scroat. He kicked the ball when he was lying on it. Tough!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

So if the 4th Official reported it to the ref how did the 4th Official see it? - he was 50yds away. Did he watch the video replay? is he allowed to use a video replay to help inform the referee about an incident? I thought he wasn't - else why is video evidence not used during a game for all the other c**p that goes on?

 

[user2009]

Bloody hell calling that assault is over egging it a bit to say the least.

I'm not even sure that he even touched the little scroat. He kicked the ball when he was lying on it. Tough!

He kicked him in the ribs, clear as day, look at the circled image that keep replaying

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/eden-hazard-sent-off-for-kicking-ball-1552195

 

[Khamelion]

South Wales police confirm they are investigating the incident

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Just seen this and it's indefensible what he did. a player just can't go kicking the ballboy or anyone else no matter what, he should get a 5 game ban for that. Do that on the street and you get locked up

Are you really saying he should get locked up for doing that because he would have if it was done on the street? Really? Well what about all the players who deliberately kick another player? Hazard got sent off in accordance with Law 12 Decision 1 that covers spectators, officials and players - no differentiation made.

Decision 1
A player who commits a cautionable or sending off offence, either on or off the field of play, whether directed towards an opponent, a team mate, the referee, an assistant referee or any other person, is disciplined according to the nature of the offence committed.

So Hazard kicked someone and in accordance with the above he was sent off.

Police charge Hazard then they will have to charge any player sent off for the same offence?

 

[sawtooth]

He kicked him in the ribs, clear as day, look at the circled image that keep replaying

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/eden-hazard-sent-off-for-kicking-ball-1552195

That doesnt look clear to me. Looks like he kicked the ball whilst he was lying on it and it popped out the other side. Not conclusive either way from that camera view IMO.

 

[bladeplayer]

Both cases are an assualt on an individual in the eyes of the law, the point I am trying to highlight is that people seem to forget that just because it took place on a football pitch they are not above the law of the land.

If he is deemed to have assualted the lad then his punishment could be more serious than a 2 game ban.

He kicked him in the ribs, clear as day, look at the circled image that keep replaying

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/eden-hazard-sent-off-for-kicking-ball-1552195

Seriously lads ,, he should not have kicked the ball but come on ...

 

[Blue in Munich]

So the 17 year old ball "boy", who has posted on Twitter (along with the photo of himself swigging cider) that he is going to time waste lets the ball roll past him when he could easily have stopped it, then puts himself between the ball and the player trying to retrieve it, tries to wrestle it away from the player and then falls on the ball to try and stop the player getting it and no-one says a word. When the player toe pokes the ball, catching the "boy" in the ribs with his shin, all hell breaks loose. Welcome to broken Britain, where the cheat is defended by all and sundry and the player is roundly crucified for trying to get the ball back in play. You couldn't make it up.

 

[user2009]

Are you really saying he should get locked up for doing that because he would have if it was done on the street? Really? Well what about all the players who deliberately kick another player? Hazard got sent off in accordance with Law 12 Decision 1 that covers spectators, officials and players - no differentiation made.

Decision 1
A player who commits a cautionable or sending off offence, either on or off the field of play, whether directed towards an opponent, a team mate, the referee, an assistant referee or any other person, is disciplined according to the nature of the offence committed.

So Hazard kicked someone and in accordance with the above he was sent off.

Police charge Hazard then they will have to charge any player sent off for the same offence?

I'm saying he won't be charged with any criminal offences. It's one rule for footballers on the pitch another for the rest of society, double standards.

 

[user2009]

Seriously lads ,, he should not have kicked the ball but come on ...

He kicked the boy not the ball, I'm not arsed about the cheating ballboy just saying he's hoofed him in the ribs

 

[Imurg]

So the 17 year old ball "boy", who has posted on Twitter (along with the photo of himself swigging cider) that he is going to time waste lets the ball roll past him when he could easily have stopped it, then puts himself between the ball and the player trying to retrieve it, tries to wrestle it away from the player and then falls on the ball to try and stop the player getting it and no-one says a word. When the player toe pokes the ball, catching the "boy" in the ribs with his shin, all hell breaks loose. Welcome to broken Britain, where the cheat is defended by all and sundry and the player is roundly crucified for trying to get the ball back in play. You couldn't make it up.

BUt it's football - what do you expect?

 

[Andy808]

It will be interesting to see how th FA deal with it. I can't see them only giving him a 3 match ban for the red card and certainly should receive a far lenghtier ban and a massive fine. Cantona was banned for 8 months for his kung fu kick on a fan. I doubt he will get a ban that long but I can see him not being on the pitch for Chavski for the rest of the season.

 

[smange]

So the 17 year old ball "boy", who has posted on Twitter (along with the photo of himself swigging cider) that he is going to time waste lets the ball roll past him when he could easily have stopped it, then puts himself between the ball and the player trying to retrieve it, tries to wrestle it away from the player and then falls on the ball to try and stop the player getting it and no-one says a word. When the player toe pokes the ball, catching the "boy" in the ribs with his shin, all hell breaks loose. Welcome to broken Britain, where the cheat is defended by all and sundry and the player is roundly crucified for trying to get the ball back in play. You couldn't make it up.

Nothing personal mate but as your obviously a Chelsea fan you are going to see it slightly different from the neutrals among us.

Although I agree with a lot of what you said, a player just cant expect to kick a ball boy, either intentionally or accidentally while trying to retrieve the ball. Im sorry but Hazard is so in the wrong here and should be dealt with accordingly.

 

[smange]

It will be interesting to see how th FA deal with it. I can't see them only giving him a 3 match ban for the red card and certainly should receive a far lenghtier ban and a massive fine. Cantona was banned for 8 months for his kung fu kick on a fan. I doubt he will get a ban that long but I can see him not being on the pitch for Chavski for the rest of the season.

Cantona was also charged and sentenced to 2 weeks imprisonment (I may be wrong with the length of time) which was changed to community service on appeal.

A large part of Cantonas ban was imposed by United though and not by the authorities although I suspect they were pointed in that direction by the FA.

As this is Chelsea and it appears that many things that most of us would consider unacceptable seem to be OK within the Chelsea dressing room im sure they will defend him to the hilt and spend loads of money trying to and possibly even turn the tables on the ref by saying one of their players overheard the ref telling the ball boy to keep hold of the ball therefore justifying Hazards actions...