Of course we were frustrated.
We had managed to muster up 25 points from a possible 72 in his final 24 games in charge. We found ourselves 14th in the league with a third of the season gone and the football was mediocre.
Woolwich had a shocking 5 months at the start of the 20/21 season before Arteta grew some balls and decided to fuck off certain players and it's been pretty much an upward curve for them since. But he was likely given that leeway because of the FA Cup win.
It's looking more and more that Woolwich are an outlier in the situation though. I can't think of many clubs at all, certainly not one the size of Woolwich that would have stuck by the manager after that 5 months they had at the beginning of the 2020/21 season. Certainly one as inexperienced as him.
Even then though, they still looked like they had a plan with the way they played football. We looked all over the place during Pochs final 9 months.