07 Aug 2015 15:56:06
g62 i noticed yousaid jenks couldent play, is that true? doesn't wenger normally allowed loaned players to play against us?

1.) 07 Aug 2015
07 Aug 2015 16:03:37
League rule. Wenger would let him play, but other managers are not as fair minded. (I mean replaying a game because the ball was not kicked out and a player was injured? Letting your loaned players play against you? Wenger has his flaws but he is a purist).

2.) 07 Aug 2015
07 Aug 2015 21:08:47
As far as I know players don't play against their parent club in league games I'm not sure if its a rule but I can understand why I wood be, imagine Jenks trying to explain to hammers fans all 5 own goals were accidental :-)

{Ed002's Note - It is a rule.}

3.) 08 Aug 2015
08 Aug 2015 22:42:25
Ed, you are as always right.

.eden., is also right though. Wenger used to let the loanees play against Arsenal, and then the league changed the rule, because clubs were inconsistent and I guess because of the risk of what g62 said happening.

Although, if I were playing against my parent club, I would be looking to put in a man of the match performance to show the boss what he was missing...except if it was the last game of the season and Arsenal needed 3 points for the title...then I would ask the loan boss to sit me for fear of doing what g62 suggested.