Arsenal struggled last season
at Stoke City with the
prodigious long throws of Rory Delap who set up both goals in the
Potters 2-1 win.
It was a tactic which made a large contribution to Stoke's
survival, but the Frenchman suggests an alternative of a kick-in
would allow the game to flow better.
He told the club's official website: "(The rule I would
change would be) maybe to play throw-ins by foot. Why not? I think
it would make the game quicker."
Wenger believes the advantage gained by teams possessing
long-throw specialists is unfair.
"For example at Stoke, for Rory Delap it is like kicking the
ball," he added.
"It is a little bit of an unfair advantage. He is using a
strength that is usually not a strength in football."
Radical though it sounds, Wenger insists the suggestion would
not be the most revolutionary change to the game as football
evolved to its current format.
"Football is the most popular team game in the world and one day
some crazy guy said 'we don't use the hands'," added the
manager.
"How could you have imagined on that day a game that is
completely natural to play with your hands would become the most
popular sport?"
