Wenger: replace throw-ins with kick-ins to make game faster, more competitive

speeds · Dec 26, 2009

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LONDON, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Soccer could be speeded up by replacing throw-ins with kick-ins, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Saturday.

The Frenchman believes some clubs gain an unfair advantage simply because they have a player who can propel the ball long distances with their throws.

"For example at Stoke, for Rory Delap it is like kicking the ball," Wenger told the club's official website (www.arsenal.com) on the eve of Sunday's Premier League home game against Aston Villa.

"It is a little bit of an unfair advantage. He is using a strength that is usually not a strength in football.

"So (the rule I would change would be) maybe to play throw-ins by foot. Why not? I think it would make the game quicker," added Wenger.

Third-placed Arsenal, who have two games in hand on Chelsea, can move within four points of the leaders by beating fourth-placed Villa.
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Colonel Ronan · Dec 27, 2009

Hm, I don't agree. Obviously he has practiced those throw-ins, so why is it unfair?

rocketeer · Dec 27, 2009

i don't think that would speed the game up at all.

teams would take forever setting up those kicks just like they do free kicks in dangerous areas.

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