A season which has seen Arsenal knocked out of the domestic cups by League Two Bradford City and Championship struggler Blackburn Rovers, with critics and Gunners fans pointing angry collective fingers at Arsène Wenger, is likely to end with humble pie once again being eaten by those who doubted the former Nagoya Grampus Eight coach.
True, Arsenal will go an eighth year without silverware and was never a serious title contender.
Yet can securing qualification for the Champions League yet again be failure?