Gary Neville & Jamie Carragher Train to be Linesmen! | The Referees Part 2

Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher go head to head in the official assistant referee offside test! Will they flag offside goals accurately?

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[thegoonist]

you can obviously tell the linesmen were loving having the tables turned on the defenders who regularly curse at them about their decisions LMAO

[PeterWalkervlogfootballnews]

I tried this on a Sunday league and it was hell on earth it’s so hard the pros don’t get enough credit

[X_Online]

Being a linesmen is rough.. I knew found respect for how hard it must be while a crowd of 50, 000 are telling you you're shit.

[cct]

Perhaps it might be an idea to send the captain of every team to one of these courses.

[younesboss]

seems really hard i've changed my view on linesmen

[RndomWords]

Keep in mind that these are easy conditions for a wide variety of reasons:
1) There is only one striker and one defender and Garry & Carry know that only those two are relevant. In a real game it can get much more complicated with multiple defenders and attackers fighting for positioning - and good luck keeping track of who was passively offside and then becomes actively involved seconds later.
2) Garry & Carry have to only look out for offside and are not distracted by other possible decisions that a linesman has to routinely make.
3) They know the small time window when the pass is coming in.
4) They know at which height the defenders will approximately cross and thus can adjust their positioning beforehand.
5) They don't have to run up and down the entire side line all the time.
6) Their view is completely unobstructed.

[bringbackarshavin]

Did anyone else noticed mike dean and just laughed ?

[JPeterz]

After this I've changed my perspective on linesman and refs... players can rest for a bit but the officials can't. 90 minute concentration. A lot harder than I thought

[philseddo]

Linesmen have a tough job, they probably don't get enough credit because they probably get about 90% of decisions correct. But let's be honest come the 1st the game of the season, the first decision they get wrong I'm gonna be screaming obscenities at them and threatening to set fire to their house when they're asleep. It's football.

[harevstortoise]

Why are all these referees bald? Must be a stressful job!

[calex]

All the previous comments have been flagged offside by carragher

[usaisamess]

Linesman have always impressed me. It's so so hard to get it correct and most of the time they do get it right, even when it's cm precision

[CesarMartinez-urdm]

It still amazes me how much chemistry Gary & Jamie have, great show!

[jonathaneversley]

2:49 I just come here when I'm sad to hear Carra's Elmo laugh

[terah]

At the end when the main referee was explaining his theory to them, he's absolutely right. At best, human reaction time will have a minimum of 0.1/0.2 seconds of delay. In that time, the quickest athletes will have traveled close to 1 or 2 meters further forward. So if he looks 1 or 2 meters offside, he's probably onside due to the delay of reaction time and human error.

[BillyDrakePianoMan]

I used to be a ref and assistant ref for local youth football, and damn is it hard. Forget the players, I don't care if you're the defender tasked with shutting down Messi, the referee has the hardest job on the pitch.

[ernestwamalwa]

Shows like this can actually help remind many fans that refs are just human beings who have to learn their trade and can from time to time make mistakes. Plus most of them are just extremely nice relatable lads

[LeftKing]

its easy for us to say "Oh That Was Off" when we're in front of the tv screen !! Refs r always there to do their best ...i know that sometimes it doesnt happen...but now with VAR, lets just hope these situations r cut to a minimum !! During the Confederations Cup...VAR took way too long !! Sometimes, some decisions can be made by the VAR instead of asking the ref walk all the way to the monitor, watch the incident, n make a decision !! This can easily take 3mins off the clock !!

[revilho]

I did my referee license here in Germany at age 14 and I was once a linesman at a youth match on a smaller playing field. It was the toughest job I ever did and I'm not joking. Since then I never questioned a decision a ref or a linesmen had to make.

[tdrxy]

1:10 "he s panicking once you get one wrong you're done" haha true words