Winning the Europa would be a great way to qualify for the CL. So much more exciting than limping home in a distant 4th place. Obviously, that would be a job for a new manager though. Arsene hasn't got a Scooby when it comes to Europe. He'll look down his nose at the Europa League until our title challenge collapses (mid December?). Once he actually decides to try and go for the Europa, we'll be knocked out by the first half decent team we face.
Maybe you're being harsh, we'll see a glorious night in Cyprus when we beat APOEL Nicosia 3-1 to sneak through to the QFs where we will meet Hertha Berlin and produce and underwhelming & ultimately unsuccessful attempt, rendering us humiliated and more importantly, out.
We won it in 1970.
But if we do well in the Europa League next year our challenge for the title will never materialise. We should play weakened teams until and unless it gets to the stage where we have a serious chance of winning it.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."