Eden Hazard

[Stingray 9,441]

Well if i see it again time after time, it is sooooo clear he kicks the ball (not even too hard) from under the ball boys body, leapes over and fetches the ball. There is no intent whatsoever to hurt or even kick the kid itself.

We are jumping on a moral bandwagon here.

There is nothing there, no intent, no 'felony'. Fact. Just a player in a damn hurry to get the ball back.

That's all there is to it. It will be used against us, that's true. Fans should stick with Hazard considering the facts and not go into the moral, misplaced highground here. No reason to betray on of pur own players. Just see the footage again.

Ps: Once more: if you think he actually kicked the 17 year old ball boy, look again closely, really. He hits the ball with his tip of the boot and it jumps from under the guys body.

[Kojo 4,676]

Alex mate, i understand you like to be down to earth, but he clearly never meant to kick the lad. Saying he deserves a ban is just stupid, if so then all it does is provoke all the stupid things we hate such as diving and crying even more. It's time to actually make a start and start getting it together, because there is far to much power these days to just go down and get a reward for it. I'm not having it, he was clearly asking for it and his tweet proves it, Hazard is getting banned, and if you want justice, then the justice is Swansea getting the fine.

Why is he even a staff member at swansea in the first place?, voluntry or not, Swansea should not have such unprofessional workers like that. He publicly just announced he was going to time waste, and Swansea are letting it go past, they should be the ones punished as they could of even done it on purpose, who knows.

[Superblue 6,372]

Rafa Benitiz just confirmed:

The 17 year boy came to changing room, accepted he wasted time. Both apologised. Matter ENDED IMO.

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.

[JDY 1,290]

Sky just said that the police are investigating the incident.

What on earth is the world coming to?

[BlueLion. 21,491]

If you look at other forums and see what football supporters are saying, most of them are being fair-minded. Hazard deserves the ban but the little shit deserved a kick. The fact is that Hazard seemed to be trying to get on with the game and the kid milked it.

You might think people will be embarrassed but they're not the ones in a rush to throw their own players under the bus. The media will try and milk it for a few days but it'll be forgotten over time.

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.

[Jase 43,479]

Hazard was just interviewed on Chelsea TV.

Said he thought he had kicked the ball and not the boy. He apologized and the ballboy has done the same. Said it's over. And he looked pretty devastated while explaining the incident.

[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 4,920]

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.