not at all he succeedded as a manager, won the champions league, won the fa cup, got to another champs league final and turned us into 1 of the most feared clubs in europe. as he said this morning hodgson failed miserably after 6 months with hicks and gillet, he had 5 years with them and still turned us into a great team.
By and large I agree
Whilst he probably took the club as far as he could (withiut winning the holy grail), had a mixed record in the transfer market and left his successor with a squad that wasn't much better than the underperforming one he himself inherited, to write Rafa off as a failure is totally unfair
He did more in his first two years than most of his predecessors and for all the duds he brougft some fantastic players to the club who we simply wouldn't have got had he not been here
When you throw in the difficult circumstances he was working under too, I think you have to consiserably simple not to appreciate the fact that under him we were one of the most feared teams in the champions league - punching above our weight in that competition season after season
I can't EVER see that happening under the overrated Daglish