The players' point of view (4)
I believe the answer is:
side
This clue is a triple definition!
'the players'' is the first definition.
(eg a football side)
'point' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)
'of' is a link.
'view' is the third definition.
(I know that side is a type of view)
(Other definitions for side that I've seen before include "Team; facet" , "Neighbourhood" , "superciliousness" , "A quarter, or half" , "long forgotten" .)