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Football Thread |OT12| Kicked the Ballboy Like Stan Hit Ulrika
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Falcão is one. But do Bayern want to spend another 40m+ on a single player?
And you'd have to contain Gomez's swag on the bench, and that's never good.
Vivalaraza
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Fatcao is coming to PSG! Fuck Bayern!
OriginalThinking
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Show me a 17 year old boy who hasn't drank alcohol or had a flutter at some point and I'll show you a liar. I'm not saying the boy is an angel, he's clearly a cheeky bastard but cunt is a word I reserve for the worst of the worst. He took the piss a bit and then Hazard had a brain fart. Hazard knew that he was probably going to connect with more than just ball and before he could wave the red mist away he channelled Pepe/JT. He'll regret it, but he should have complained to the ref and let him deal with it. Instead he's turned a bad night into a disaster.
Vivalaraza
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I think the kid's a little cunt, going off his Twitter profile. But in the context of the game, he's just acting as a Swansea fan mixed in a little bit with that cuntiness. It's not as if we have to vilify Hazard and say the kid is innocent, or that Hazard was justified in doing what he did because the kid's a fucking ingrown dick hair. He did something dumb. Hazard did something far dumber, and not justified to be honest.
R10Neymarfan
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Keep in mind that this is PAULISTA so nothing too serious. Just saying before the Neymar haters make a statement
Oi!
But we know the boy pre-meditated this incident, whereas Hazard did not, so this argument falls flat.
Hazard had also been running around and trying to win a football match, his heart was racing and no doubt his brain wasn't in the position to make crystal clear judgement calls, at least not as much as a young adult sat lethargically on his arse, watching a game of football.
If you've ever played a game of football, you'll know that in the heat of the moment, when you're mentally fragile from fatigue, and emotionally charged due to the competitive nature, you make decisions that you otherwise wouldn't in any other situation.
I've squared up to people on football pitches before, foolishly, or kicked someone, unnecessarily. Was I 'wrong'? Yes. Was I the only one in the wrong? No.
Feel for Hazard here, that young man stitched him up, and began his duties as a ball boy knowing full well that he was going to deviate from them.
We differ here, amongst other things.
OriginalThinking
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If you are still 17 there's time left yet.
Yep yep yep yep yep. All he had to do was get the ref's attention and point at him, he took it too far.
But you're cheating.
cartoon_soldier
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The story today should be about how bad Benitez is, but Hazard saved him from that.
And the ball boy was wrong, but Hazard shouldn't have kicked him either. Both should be punished.
And the ball boy was wrong, but Hazard shouldn't have kicked him either. Both should be punished.
wag1 bredrin
Willkiller
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Vivalaraza
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Unfounded accusations.
I keep hearing Drippy's voice saying: "What's all this then?!"
But is it premeditating it, or is it a tongue in cheek comment on Twitter? Whose to say that he wasn't swept up in the emotion of the game, lethargic on his feet but alive in his mind and feeling every single moment of the match along with Hazard?
I know that in the heat of the moment a player will do something stupid, I have as well. But I know football fans who will say the most horrific things, or square up to someone when not even playing but just over a discussion. There's football fans getting stabbed over the sport. Taking the context of the game's emotion into account for Hazard and not the ball boy's a little bit unfair.
From Jonathan Wilson's latest column. I had a chuckle at this
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/jan/23/gervinho-arsenal-ivory-coast
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/jan/23/gervinho-arsenal-ivory-coast
ALLEGEDLY bro. Allegedly.
Vivalaraza
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At first I was with Arnie.
Now I've thought about it I've moved away from that.
Still think the ballboy is a dick but what Hazard did is inexcusable.
Now I've thought about it I've moved away from that.
Still think the ballboy is a dick but what Hazard did is inexcusable.
but have you ever ate anything with unhalal geletin?
hazard should be fined and have the ban.
that kid should be banned.
Vivalaraza
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I know when I'm eating a halal or haraam Haribo, so I suppose the answer is yes.
Well considering he dived on the fucking football like a grenade I'd strongly wager that it wasn't.
Tongue in cheek implies that you don't intend to do something that you say. Today I told my friend that I was going to nut Julian Petley, that was tongue in cheek, for I had no intention of doing so.
I don't think he wanted to kick him, though, I think he wanted to kick the ball out from under him, and caught him in the act.
The two are very much separate thought processes.
The_Hitcher89
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Its both, obviously
Ballboy's a cunt
Hazard's an idiot/cunt
Ballboy didn't deserve to be kicked
I have no sympathy for him being kicked
I don't think it was pre-meditated. I think he was having a laugh on Twitter, then Hazard came bundling into him and he played up to the situation. Might seem bollocks for me to say that, but fuck it. I genuinely don't think he sat there the whole game thinking that if the ball came near him, he was going to jump on it.
I think there is a middle ground between the 2. The ball boy is not at fault in any way here but Hazard, as ill-advised and dumb-headed a move as it was, was trying to kick the ball out from underneath the kid. Both parties have apologized and Hazard will serve his ban accordingly.
Let me at him. Let me at him...
Back in the day she was overflowing with quality...dare I google a recent picture. What should I do GAF brothers?
and sister
Do people still think Mumei is a lady :lol
Haribo are horrible. Could do with some skittles
^ They're on about Ulrika I think :lol
Like anyone doubts Mou is staying there after this summer anyway
kingellesar
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This is all that needs to be said.
Pretty sure if this was just a player trying to waste time and someone kicked out, we'd all be slating the player who kicks out. Heck pretty sure it has happened before in a few games, where players try to waste time and you see other players starting to react but not actually kick or lash out on someone.
I remember in Carling Cup Final vs Chelsea one of our players...erm Tainio? Wasted like 10 seconds with a throw in and Drogba was going nuts at him, ref came over to calm the situation.
As I have yet to see highlights, how quick did the referee respond? Was he near the incident?
Well we literally have the complete opposite opinion in this situation.
And I wholly disagree with the idea that Hazard's a cunt; as I say, the act of playing football, especially at this level, is enough to distort the decisions that one makes. Naive, perhaps, but cunt? Nope. Again, I don't level the same treatment at the young man because of the tweet suggesting he fully intended to do what he did, and also that he hadn't been running around for 75 minutes prior.
Vivalaraza
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City have jumped to 7th in the world in revenue. £50m more than Liverpool this year gone.
That's amazing. Says alot about City's commercial push and also about Liverpool's undervaluing (although the Etihad deal is hardly fair it's still there).
That's amazing. Says alot about City's commercial push and also about Liverpool's undervaluing (although the Etihad deal is hardly fair it's still there).
FootballFan
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Exactly.. I'm with Wilbs/Viva/OriginalThinking on this.
If Alves kicked CR7 for time wasting it would be a deserved red and fucking stupid from Alves.
Don't see how it's different just because it's a ball boy doing the time wasting.
I'd like to say again that the kid/teenager is a cunt, but he doesn't deserve to get kicked for wasting 3 seconds lol.
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