Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
Don’t get that, do you mean that he’s protecting the ball and not touching it all? Wouldn’t he have to touch it in order to move away with it or pass? Otherwise two players are ‘dancing’ and the ball is static. If the ball is being played past them and, we’ll say Ramsey, impedes an opponent preventing him getting to the ball it’s surely a foul.
If the ball is at a players feet, whether they touch it or not, it's fine, if it's not within distance of the feet then it's not ok to back into an opponent, that's an obstruction. The position of the ball is crucial.