It's no secret that I am anything but a Happy Clapper bud, but I am just as mystified as you are on the Ronney thing and with much more of ludicrous tactical choices over the years.
On your comment about it all being different this year, while I applaud your optimism and show of confidence, if I was you I woodna be holding your breath pal.
Only way things will be any different at our beloved club is when we have someone in charge who adopts the correct approach by simply playing our best players in the CORRECT positions and letting them get out there and have real go. With DM in charge there is now far too much of the trying to fit square pegs into round holes scenario which simply cannot and does not work.
Rant over for the time being
SF