No,because winning the league is a success as opposed to finishing second which is a huge achievement.
but its not failure , brendan took over a team on the way down under dalglish not on the way up , players like adam, downing,and carroll plus reina who thought he was bigger than the club , brendan changed it and turned it around , but if thats failure then were finished , now its on to the next step , CL ,league and F.A.cup to deal with .