The above was a joke, BTW.....

In all seriousness though, I dont believe Arsenal have the squad to compete with the other top teams in Europe and 3rd is probably the best they are looking at in the league. For a team of Arsenals stature, qualifying rounds of the CL and maybe the League Cup/FA Cup is not good enough..... it IS a mediocre squad which looks suspect when you get a couple of injuries to Key Players