compariosns daft really. The difference betwene Ellis and and Lerner is just so vast you can't compare one for doing better than the other. DOL did fantastic first season then struggled with ludicrous restrictions. That said, the final year was still horribly painful to endure and as much as there were restrictions we still invested in a few players and could have done alot better that season.
MoN so far has had a respectable first season and is doing well so far this season, but again under different conditions.
That said I'm still happier we have MoN here than that miserable git. He never felt attached to the club in my opinion and just seem to give up in the final season, devoid of ideas. 1 brilliant season, 1 average season, 1 horrible season, take out the extremes, he did averagely, but did bring in Laursen and Bouma, but had a really grating personality.
Seems a while since this debate surfaced last