OoP: Ron the Zeppo??

[Tamara]

No: HPFGUIDX 67329

Has anyone else been getting the feeling, especially through the last 
3 books, that Ron has become the Zeppo of the magical scooby gang?  
It has become even more obvious in OoP.  He didn't do anything, but 
go wacky, while they were attempting to rescue Sirius, and I don't 
think really helped in any true way throughout the whole of the 
book.  He didn't even get in many (if any) good, funny, sarcastic 
lines, like he usually does.  Ron is becoming, if isn't already, 
pointless.

Tamara