Question: Why were Arsenal fans celebrating on Sunday afternoon?

There were pictures of supporters leaping all over the place, jumping on one another and celebrating, but why? What had Arsenal to celebrate?

The obvious answer is that the Gunners finished one place and one point higher than their bitter rivals, Tottenham. The White Hart Lane club had a superior goal difference, but were slaughtered by relegated Newcastle, just when they needed one more draw to end the campaign ahead of their neighbours for the first time since 1995.

But it still doesn't make any sense as to why Arsenal were so jubilant.

The manager, who has been the club's most successful coach, has followed his own single-minded approach and despite some unrest on the terraces... he will not back down. With one year left on his contract, the Arsenal faithful will have at least - because he could extend his contract - another season of the Frenchman's belligerence.

Therefore, expect the same style of play, the same outcomes, a lack of signings in the summer and to be just also-rans in the league, but not winners.

The scenes at the Emirates were reminiscent of winning the league or a cup, but all the team did was finish second for the first time since 2005. Reason to celebrate? No.

Not much will alter at The Emirates over the summer. Some cracks have been papered over again.

Giroud scored a hat-trick, so no need for a decent striker now because he netted three. That's that box ticked. Why Tomas Rosicky got an award is beyond anyone. What has he done since he's been at Arsenal?

Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, injuries aside, have been shadows of their former selves, Aaron Ramsey seems to be getting taunted by his own fans of late and, all in all, it has to be a poor season for Arsenal. But that 4-0 win and finishing higher than Spurs might be enough to forget the rest of the year.

It could have been so different. With many of the giants falling down this year, this was surely Arsenal's greatest chance to lift the Premier League trophy.

By finishing second, the Gunners have qualified for the Champions League for a 19th consecutive season, but this has been a particularly testing campaign for Wenger, whose critics point to the club's failure to mount a title challenge, despite topping the table at the beginning of the year.

Wenger announced that the club will "add what we missed" this season. Clearly the team didn't score enough goals throughout the season and in turn also appeared to miss the influence of Santi Cazorla, who was injured in November. His return against Aston Villa, highlighted what exactly Arsenal have been missing.

Before the Villa match, Wenger said:  "It was a strange season and we finish disappointed. We had a chance to win the title and we are frustrated. Leicester had consistent results and everybody else had ups and downs. Is it down to the fact Leicester was a surprise package? Or the fact they had one competition? There is no rationale between their success and you have to say they have been remarkable. "

Remarkable they may have been, but Arsenal were unremarkable. There are not too many great memories from this season, but another year on and we'll probably be saying the same things.

And that's because at Arsenal, under Wenger - nothing much changes.

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