Normalli I'm the forst to moan about greedy players wanting off, but in this case I feel rather sorry for Birchall, and I'm afraid I think our club is being a bit mean. He's come to us and played his best for us (which admittedly wasn't all that good) but he's now got the chance of a lifetime - and do we really need him? No, not really - his presence, or lack of it, will make no difference as to whether we stay up or not.
Loft came in on Saturday and apparantly played really well; OGH is back on form, and if Andrew is fit again, Davies is just as good as Birchall on the right.
Let him go!
Brighton chairman Dick Knight admits the club cannot afford to let Birchall go, particularly as there has been no official contact from Galaxy.
Knight told the club's official website: "If we were mid-table then we would probably let Chris go. But Galaxy haven't respected our relegation battle and haven't bothered to make direct contact.
"Our transfer window is closed so we have no opportunity to replace Chris and in our current predicament we can't afford to lose him."