RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
US MLS, I reckon, is pretty comparable with League One. (Juan Albion's take would carry more weight...) Basically a lateral transfer, then.
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Chris Birchall Gone
- Thread starter RM-Taylor
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Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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Two-bob journeyman that nobody would have ever heard of if he wasn't the token white boy in the T&T World Cup setup. Never even registered on the radar at the Albion, despite him practically getting down on his knees and BEGGING for the job. Well rid. 
seagullsovergrimsby
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Birchall
forumwayseagull
Well-known member
What I don't get is I thought he was meant to be up NORTH as hos wife was having a BABY. So how did I see him in Brighton outside bella Italia on the Friday evening before the game and someone else see him at the ground for the stockport game? (STRANGE)
I just feel that he didn't really care in the end as he had decided he was going and he was fed up that we wouldn't let him link up with LA galaxy. Very selfifsh considering the position we were in and needed all players to get stuck in.......
I just feel that he didn't really care in the end as he had decided he was going and he was fed up that we wouldn't let him link up with LA galaxy. Very selfifsh considering the position we were in and needed all players to get stuck in.......
f***ing disgrace! He typifies all the bad things that so called professional footballers are these days,overpaid,egotistic stupid little boys.We have now got some good pros at the club but i fear we have a few that are similar to this little prick that we need to f*** right off!
Glad he's still got his big chance. Felt bad we didn't let him go when LA Galaxy first showed an interest - he didn't play for us much after that anyway, and certainly played no part in our revival.
Superphil
Dismember
He told me at the Stockport game that he had been offered a training camp at LA Galaxy, the Albion wouldn't let him go during the season, in case he was needed, but that he was off for 3 weeks or so in May. He wasn't sure of his future at Brighton, especailly as at the time Slade had not been confirmed as manager, so it was all up in the air. Never really got a chance IMO, and obviously didn't really push himself as far as we could see.
Apparently he's leaving his wife and baby in England while he plays in America. What a selfish bastard.
We need to get arrogant arseholes like him out of the club if we're ever going to progress. He can f*** right off as far as i'm concerned. I hope LA Galaxy realise what a shower of shit he is and he ends up begging for a place on the Eastbourne Borough bench.
We need to get arrogant arseholes like him out of the club if we're ever going to progress. He can f*** right off as far as i'm concerned. I hope LA Galaxy realise what a shower of shit he is and he ends up begging for a place on the Eastbourne Borough bench.
Austrian Gull
Well-known member
Destined to be fodder for a quiz question in 10 years time.
Whitterz
Mmmmm? Marvellous
just another nobody to be honest.
throbinson
Well-known member
The one who missed a open goal from 8 yards at millwall, so he can f*** of
Basil Fawlty
Don't Mention The War
Good riddance I say. Got to big headed for us, four year contract is mad!
Dickyboy
Member
F**K Him welcome to drive him to the airport
BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | B | Brighton | Birchall to join Beckham in LA
BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | B | Brighton | Birchall to join Beckham in LA
Smythe
Active member
None of Adam's signings lived up to expectations.....i dont think he'll be missed too much.
Igor Gurinovich?
New member
never seemed to be 'match fit'.. didnt contribute a huge deal to keeping is up.. his wages can be spent elsewhere..
That's a bit harsh, I guess if an employer in a glamourous sunny place offers you twice as much cash (I'm guessing at figures here) as you're on here you'd turn it down then?
Marlton & Hove Albion
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MLS is definitely soccer and not football. it is almost unrecognizable as a game of 11 vs. 11 and a goal at each end.
Reasons being,
The talent IS mediocre with the best Americans are playing in EPL
The league system is set up like all other US sports with no penalty for losing and not much incentive for winning
Playing in the summer is dreadful, as in many locations it is deathly hot and humid
Many of the facilities are not suitable (artificial turf), 20,000 crowd in 70,000 capacity, no away fans to create an atmosphere
LAG is probably the best for Birchall as they have a soccer stadium, the weather is good, the team is pseudo glamarous but average. He'll be struggling to feed himself on the wages he'll be getting in LA.
bhaexpress
New member
You got any children ? Somehow I doubt it. If the baby is a few weeks old I would bet the last thing his wife would want to to up sticks and move to the other side of the Atlantic. Also, I doubt that LA Galaxy would cover the wife and baby's medical costs, especially as they seem to have spent all their money on Beckham.
Having said that he's no great loss.