Talk:Possession (sports)

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Merger proposal[edit]

Ball possession into Possession (sports) . I do not believe the subject is notable enough in association football to have a seperate article. -dashiellx (talk) 14:42, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed that no separate article is warranted. All that is salvageable from that article, though, are the sources, which aren't even summarized accurately. The rest of the article, about performances of specific teams and players, is uncited, CRUFTy, and soon to be DATED, and doesn't warrant merging. I've BOLDly brought over the sources, summarized them accurately, and left a redirect. —swpb^{T • go beyond • bad idea} 14:20, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The third source in this article is a terrible one. It makes a broad assumption about the importance of possession in association football based on three (3) matches played by the u20 Nigerian Woman's National team. This selection is laughably small. 2001:700:300:401E:A523:2157:3A38:4B12 (talk) 15:26, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]