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i dont think thats a ref in the background, looks like another player to me
Same here
It seems pretty clear he is the linesman, not only the flag but the running animation.
Anyway when are we getting the usual teaser??
That is definately a referee/linesman, because he's wearing a BLACK kit! You can see it's the EPL Referee's kit from two seasons ago with the white collar and two trim lines on the sleeve, plus the red fly emirates badge on the sleeve .
but i think its a linemen its gotta be and it is i zoomed in its deffo a linesmen
Gotta disagree there Adonis, there's already two different teams in that shot, plus you can see the flag and the white collar of a linesman, and I can just about make out a shoulder patch.
thats a lino, dont need a high res scan to see that
seems obvious to me
Chelsea player to me. New Chelsea kit has a white collar, as you can see also by the closer player. That isnt a flag, its his knee/fan's head. Its dark blue on my monitor, which is the Chelsea kit being grainy. Just look at the shoulders, theyre blue, rest of body is almost black - again - grainy or lighting effects.
Sorry, but until I see the magazine myself or bigger high res scans, that's Ribery, Drogba and a referee/linesman.
@ at redevils, mate, you are totally off the mark.
I'll let you off coz the scans are grainy, but when you see it properly you'll see how different it really is.
It's Chelsea, the player is Drogba! That's why the quote is there!
where in the same boat cwAm I the only one who really doesn't fucking care?!?!
I can hardly wait til the mag comes out now and the discussion as to who the mystery guy in the background continues...
So we've moved on from ankle tape to people taking time out of their lives to compare the contrast and brightness on an image to decipher whether something is a linesman or a player?
We've already been told linesmen/referees are in so what does it matter if it's being shown in this pic or not?
Am I the only one who really doesn't fucking care?!?!
I can hardly wait til the mag comes out now and the discussion as to who the mystery guy in the background continues...
It reminds me of last year and PES 2008 when I was arguing whether the referee would use a pen to write notes about naughty players