Luke Firth

Managing Director of Firth Improvement, BHAFC fan, love cycling, yoga and politics. Views are my own

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

For the last 6 years I’ve been buying well-run small businesses for 5x earnings.

In the first 30 days, I take the websites offline, move the companies to sad office parks with drop ceilings, install fax machines at the front desk, and bringing in 75 year old actors to pose as the CEO.

I then sell the companies to people with MBAs for 10x revenue so that they can feel useful “turning the company around”

[Bill Edgar @BillEdgarTimes]

For disappointing managerial departures, the Saddlers sacking Sadler today (Walsall’s Mat Sadler) ranks alongside Adams leaving Adams Park (Tony Adams at Wycombe), though Wolfsburg dismissing Wolfgang Wolf remains the standard.

[Benjamin P Taylor (he/him) @antlerboy]

So why *does* every app optimise for attention? Why does LinkedIn want me there all the time? Why does ChatGPT now offer me brilliant 'builds' at the end of every reponse 'just one more prompt bro, I promise, just one more, then you'll get you what you need'?
I get that attention *enables* anything else - sales, adverts. Its measureable and optimisable and VC models demand exponential growth. But often they don't even seem to focus on *anything* else?

[Guinness Men's Six Nations @SixNationsRugby]

Just when you thought that Huw Jones try couldn't look any better....😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#GuinnessM6N #Since1883

[Scottish Rugby @Scotlandteam]

Hang it in the Louvre 🖼

[A View From Yorkshire @models_by_Russ]

I know it’s not over yet but fuck it 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

That wasn’t rugby, that was a ceremonial surrender by England national rugby union team.
Honestly, if we’d turned up waving a white flag and a box of shortbread it would’ve saved everyone 80 minutes.

And surprise, surprise — the Calcutta Cup is staying in Scotland. Again.
At this point it’s not a rivalry, it’s a scheduled annual donation.

I’m convinced England intentionally throw this game as part of a long-running apology tour.

“Sorry about the past, Scotland.
Have the Calcutta Cup.
Have free university tuition.
Have free prescriptions.
Have free parking.
And while you’re at it, enjoy watching England forget how to tackle, pass, or think under pressure.”

All clearly bundled into some 600-year-old settlement for, yes, executing William Wallace.
Our bad. Have another win.

England today looked like a team that:
   •   Didn’t fancy contact
   •   Panicked when challenged
   •   And treated Murrayfield like a heritage site you’re not allowed to disturb

No fire. No edge. No nastiness.
Just polite, apologetic rugby — the worst kind.

Scotland wanted it. England expected it.
And expectation, lads, is not a game plan.

See you next year for the same hype, the same talk, and the same inevitable outcome — England playing like it’s their turn to let Scotland feel good about themselves.

[We Are Brighton @wearebrighton]

From Verbruggen appearing to ask the bench who was supposed to be left back to Dunk chasing a through ball as a striker, Brighton resembled an Under 9s rabble in the 2nd half of defeat to Palace

How can anyone watch that and not be concerned? #BHAFC 👇🏼

https://t.co/kjpmlCq83o

[AlbionAffection @AlbionAffection]

@BrightonBubble If he goes now, then Crofts intern for the rest of the season

Then in the summer, Kjetil Knutsen is someone who I would like to see in the dugout

[Alan Saunders @ajs2521]

@BrightonBubble Drinking pints of whiskey....

[Luke Firth @firthsuburbia]

@BrightonBubble Kjetil knutsen

[Zzzz @Obi77BHA]

@wearebrighton Even if Hurzeler was named in the Epstein files, Bloom and Barber would stand by him.

[Brighton Bubble @BrightonBubble]

Hürzeler needs to go.

[We Are Brighton @wearebrighton]

Why the fuck is Lewis Dunk chasing down a through ball as the furthest Brighton player forward? Absolute fucking clown shown #BHAFC

[We Are Brighton @wearebrighton]

What a crock of uninspired shit #BHAFC

[Matt West @itswesty]

@wearebrighton One of the worst performances I've seen. No energy, playing at home Vs our rivals who have sold their best players. I can't see any goals in this team

[We Are Brighton @wearebrighton]

"You don't know what you're doing" being sung from the North Stand towards Fabian Hurzeler. That will go down well with the "anonymous source" who said decision-makers on the board were irritated with Brighton fans criticising the manager #BHAFC

[We Are Brighton @wearebrighton]

Who cares about Brighton conceding an injury time goal for the second game running? James Milner is a step closer to the Premier League appearance record and that is all that matters 👏 #BHAFC

[We Are Brighton @wearebrighton]

"I once managed Brighton away at Fulham with a bench containing Minteh, Kostoulas and Rutter but didn't make a substitution until the 81st minute" #BHAFC

[JTF 𓅰 @JakeTalksFutbol]

#BHAFC

[We Are Brighton @wearebrighton]

Since Fabian Hurzeler was appointed Albion manager:

Brighton 2-1 Man City
Man City 2-2 Brighton
Brighton 2-1 Man City
Man City 1-1 Brighton

Wind your neck in, Baldilocks #BHAFC #MCFC