Been stewing on this and got some thoughts about the players themselves...
In both cases, KR and the club showed the faith.
In the case of Fosu, he was in the wilderness with Charlton, and KR gave him the opportunity to re-establish himself. KR puts him front and centre of the starting line up (including the high profile cup games) bigs him up and away he goes.
In Baptistes case, similar stuff, makes him a regular starter (inc the cup games, ahead if more senior pros), talks him up, and sticks with him through a long term injury.
Both give us half a season.
In Fos case, it seems it was short termism from the start, from the player with the unfathomable release clause which the club agreed to...I wonder if there were verbal assurances that this wouldn't come to pass.
In Baptistes case, first major offers and he's gone.
Can't help thinking that neither player understands what the word United means. Half a season? And not just that, but half a season where the club has made great strides, looking at a promotion chase.
It's clear that neither had the faith to stick to the plan and took the opportunity to cash their chips instead of giving it everything until May...perhaps putting themselves in the spot to play teams like Brentford week in week out.
KR can say the players didn't want to leave, perhaps it was the board, in which case I'd question their drive for promotion. Even if they say that is their aim, they can't deny that the timing and choice to sell would affect our ability to do that.
So, to summarise...disappointed (but not necessarily surprised) with both players and disappointed with the board.
As Partridge says, that was a negative and right now I need two positives. One to cancel out the negative and the other...just so I can have a positive.