Agreed.
Oh, and anyone harking back to Ellis' managerial appointments, and whatever else they deemed to be better under Ellis are forgetting the absolute dog shit appointments (such as Venglos, Turner, GT MK II), and that all the 'glory' days spanned over decades. Lerner has been here for less than six years; three/four of those were good years.
The only thing I can say for Ellis us he would have never appointed McWordRemoved and, if he had, would definitely have sacked him by now.