Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
Just read up on it. A player is generally considered to be in possession of the ball when they have it under control, if the player has their foot near the ball but doesnÂ’t make contact, they are not considered to have possession, they must make contact or have some control over it. Simply having your foot near the ball doesnÂ’t mean you possess it.

Anyway it does seem very much a spectator/player issue. Players on the whole seem to accept the situation and donÂ’t seem to make a song and dance about it, I sÂ’pose they view it as tit for tat. Whereas spectators see it as a disruption of a, perhaps, flowing move or definite fouls that should be penalised.
A player is going to have go some way into not touching the ball if an opposition player is attempting to dispossess them. I'm fine with it, so are the authorities by the looks of it, and the players managers and coaches, and most of the fans.........