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

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

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.

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

we dont give refs enough credit tbh

seems really hard i've changed my view on linesmen

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

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.

Did anyone else noticed mike dean and just laughed ?

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.

All the previous comments have been flagged offside by carragher

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

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

5:58 all the best referees of PL

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

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

For real, this is actualy hard...

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

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.

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

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 !!

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.

they be perfect linesmen😂😂

Such good insight, loving this series of videos!

This is fantastic!! To see the real life of a ref from ex-players point of view shows just how hard it really is.

@2:50 bunch of ladies

More of these, please

Fantastic insight, thanks to soccer am the officials and carra and nev for putting this on the YT

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.

That little bit of info on the end- discussing how a meter away looks vs is was very helpful tidbit for those of us who do this.

0:41 hey it's Mike Dean 😂

Being a referee is a hard job even when the ref is right but fans are still put pressure on you

I won't blame lineman on slightly wrong decision from now on. 😅😅

Wow my respect for refs has increased a lot. Looks really tough at such a fast pace

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

refereeing is a tough job. Respect. Split seconds to decide.

Very very nice insight.

can they do this again to remind us how hard the linesman job is? maybe they can bring micah richards along as well

To hear a ref chant "You don't know what your doing!" hahahaaha

Bobby Madley ripping them for bad decisions but he's probably the worst match official I've seen in years😂😂

This is great banter

This just makes me want video refereeing more, look how tough it is, especially in at premier league level

Gives a new appreciation for how tough their job is!

Fascinating really, for the stick they get but how difficult it really is.

Great series, really good insight into the minds of the refs and seeing what they go through.

These guys are better than VAR

I might get gary neville to manage my games no offside 😂 😂

Could the filming of the replays be any worse! The camera man doesn't seem to realise that you need to see the point at which the ball is played through to judge offside!

Is that daylight rule still on? Hahahaha love carra

What ref has that weird manic laugh lol

Anyone else watched it at 0.25 speed for GNevs last one 😬

The best duos in football

As a life long fan Iv given lineo's and refs a lot of stick over the yrs but this is an excellent video to see just how hard it is to get tight decisions right with the naked eye.

0:42 that legendary shot !

Just proves the need for VAR for certain calls.

bit of revenge for the linesman!

Why are all the comments from the last few days

when you see a drill like this you realise how hard it is, wow!

Lol I got this recommended in 2020 (end of July)

What people forget is that the ball kicker and the potentially offside player are often not in the assistants field of vision together. Angles can help but you have to be looking across the line so need to use sound to indicate when the ball was kicked. Lining is much harder than PROPER assistant role.

Look at Carra at 4:37

This two should have a tv show

This kind of thing is tough!

my respect for linesmen and referees has increased dramatically, ggs to them

This is the hardest job in football

These two should have a sitcom of their own

It looks a genuine hard job. They do deserve more credit lol

Good idea!

EXCELLENT!

I tried to be a linesman once in a nothing game and that was hard to judge offside. Tough job for sure making those calls.

Jamie acts like Jim Carey when he raises the flag

Yes, they can be tough and that's exactly why video replays should be brought into the game.

That looks so damn hard.

why do they look hung over to the tilt loool

Love this

The legend Atkinson!

this gotta be the hardest job in the world!

MIKE DEAN 5:55

5:56 THE BOYS ♥️

This challenge should've included a keeper so the striker can have a shot that way if he scores or misses you can fully understand the pressure of a linesman.

Wow ref is hard work

Damn this is a hard job!!

they use the force

They made it look more difficult, because the defender moves in the opposite direction. However, most of the times, the decision has to be made when the defenders keep hold of their position until the attacker makes a run that they follow afterwards (so, movement in the same direction), or at set pieces, that again, both teams move in the same direction

2:51 you shuddup wen ahm talking to you

Why can't we have a camera replay similar to the one in this video. The camera can follow the linesman and be used to help with looking at offsides

Just so you know, Mike Mullarkey was Finals Assisstant ref at FIFA WC 2010.

this was really cool to see ..... i wish we could get a live feed of the conversations between the officials during a match.

A lot harder than we all think

Top boys at 5:55 watching the amateurs haha

6:15 The fastest players sprint flat out at >30kph. So an average defender closing speed with an average attacker accelerating into a run might be 30kph. 30kph is 8.3 meters per second so the attacker will separate from the defender by a meter in 0.12 seconds. Sound travels 344 meters per second, so in 0.12 seconds the sound of the ball being kicked would travel 41.28 meters, or just about the width of a soccer pitch. These are all rough numbers but what I'm wondering is if these referees are using the sound of the ball kick, because by the time that sound arrives on a marginal decision they could look offside by a small amount, and that would explain the phenomenon of that 1 meter compensation (even for experienced referees) the referee describes here.

Been a professional boxing judge for years now, it’s incredibly difficult. As a longtime futbol fan.... I’ve always said that being a linesman’s got to be one of the hardest, if not the hardest job in sports officiating.

What’s up guys nepenthez here

This is hilarious😂😂

Damn... it sure is hard being the linesmen..

The referee uniform for grade 8 and 7 referees is so much like dang

Thank goodness for VAR

Having watched this, it seems like a nightmare job.

Hahaha that was brilliant haha

Why’s there no comments

I hope my local team have indoor training ground . Looks great .