Eden Hazard

[The only place to be 11,313]

We are jumping on a moral bandwagon here.

Well some people are. But a spot on post and incredibly sensible.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

Sky just said that the police are investigating the incident.

What on earth is the world coming to?

I'm pretty sure if you kicked out at a 17 year old in front of hundreds of people the police would inquire about it too.

[TacticalBlues 2,817]

FO REAL? Can we get some links up in this?

Saw the interview on SSN, should be on the website soon I presume.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

I would have done exactly the same thing and thus I completely understand Eden.

[The only place to be 11,313]

And there's my point in a nutshell. Hazard is Chels, so let's defend him.

Not for me. If Luis Suarez had have done this, there would be a witch-hunt.

But as you say, this will hopefully have blown over by the weekend. Thank fuck we have a game in just four days. Need to get this out of the system.

If Luiz Suarez parked in a disabled spot in fucking Tescos there'd be a lynch mob outside his house because there's a certain type of person in this country who lives to find things to be outraged by. They love it and the media will never go short of exploiting it.

[Jase 43,479]

Sky Sports News ‏@SkySportsNews

South Wales Police are investigating an incident involving Eden Hazard and ball boy following complaints

Deary me!

[Xtraxion 100]

Well, you can't say he didn't go for it, showed some spirit...

[AfricanBlue 104]

The PR disaster is getting knocked out of the cup by Swansea and if the image of the club is that if you act like a prat we'll kick you I'm all for that. Now if the kid had been black that would be a PR disaster.

[Spike 12,049]

I'm pretty sure if you kicked out at a 17 year old in front of hundreds of people the police would inquire about it too.

I did that once in school. Police didn't inquire but I was suspended for 5 days. Also I didn't nudge that 17 year old in the ribs, I kicked him in the face and chest several times.

[Jase 43,479]

On the contrary...

Daniel Taylor ‏@DTguardian

Chelsea say the ballboy has told police he does not want to pursue it. Benitez - 'we will deal with it internally'

[TacticalBlues 2,817]

This will obviously not be the end of it. We are talking about English football here. He will probably end up with a 10 game ban which comes into force in 2015 once the FA have come to a 'quick' decision in their kangaroo court.

I said IMO but I know the media won't stop.

South Wales Police are investigating an incident involving Eden Hazard and ball boy following complaints

Absolute farce. This is what tax payers money is wasted on? However, here I'm certain nothing will come of it. Both have apologised, the 17 year old kid admitted he timewasted so I hope this subsides quickly. Infact I'd presume the ballboy won't want it pursued if he has any conscience.

[Leif 6,006]

If he kicked him in the ribs, how did the ball pop out? Assault my ass. (oh that sounds kind of wrong over the internet.)

[Kojo 4,676]

Police are investigating it, forget all the killers and pedophiles out there, lets just spend money investigating this.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

I did that once in school. Police didn't inquire but I was suspended for 5 days.

PR move by the school

[Superblue 6,370]

Deary me!

I called it a few minutes ago. Unfortunately that is the tribal nature of the game nowadays for any fans to get 'one up' on another team, and the pathetic laws in place in this country.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

I'm pretty sure if you kicked out at a 17 year old in front of hundreds of people the police would inquire about it too.

Except, the kicked the ball.

[Atholy 1,293]

I really don't care whether people have a go at me for my opinion on this matter, but you simply cannot do that. Hazard deserves the hate for his idiocy; Benitez deserves the fault for his negative tactics, piss-poor team selection and motivation skills; Ivanovic needs a slap for his two errors in the first leg; but the lad deserves none of it. If it was the opposite way round and a Stamford Bridge ballboy did that, we'd be praising him and baying for the blood of the offending player. Hazard has no defence in my eyes and his actions warrant the 3-5 game ban heading his way.

No defence??

If this comes to court or being investigated, they will be looking at facts.

Hazard: football player at Chelsea who's job is to play football

Ball boy: help aside the pitch to make sure the ball can be put back into play as soon as possible

Fact: a ball boy (17 years old) is lying on a ball (????) for several seconds! => clearly is not fulfilling his job!!

Fact: a football player kicks a ball boy => this can be seen as an assault

Evidence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pS97DRBj2zg#t=28s

This video shows Hazards clearly kicks the ball from underneath the kid, by doing this being able to continue his race for 2 goals.

IF the tweet of the ball boy is real... this will be seen as "premeditated" => with the video evidence this should hugely influence the case.

IF the tabloid circus successfully turn this in a scandal story, that will dominate newspapers for the next days (week?) ... and by doing this affecting this case as being seen as an assault or whatever.... that would clearly show the complete idiocy of the British Newspapers!!

Of course I will be biased because I'm Belgium... but this is all about facts! Fact is that he kicked a ball underneath a ball boy who is lying on the ball for several seconds (??? why???). Eden didn't high kick the boy in the face when he was trying his utmost to do his job! So everybody who's going anywhere in this direction IMO isn't any better than all these tabloid losers => sensation, sensation sensation!

[Spike 12,049]

Police are investigating it, forget all the killers and pedophiles out there, lets just spend money investigating this.

People get really passionate about stopping and reporting these sort of things...shame most don't care about the crimes you mentioned....