Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has called for an alternative kick-ins to long-throw’s as this represents the teams with long-throw specialists an “unfair advantage”.

The Gunners boss was witness to his side’s 2-1 defeat last season at the Britannia Stadium, when two Rory Delap deliveries set-up both the goals for the Potters.

The same tactic made a large contribution to Stoke’s survival.

However, as the Frenchman prepares his Arsenal team to play top-four rivals Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday – on an expansive pitch which reduces the threat of long throw-ins – the 60-year-old suggested kick-ins 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?”