Matt Dallinson
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Matt Dallinson
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Co-founder How's Your Touch. Women's football writer, sports illustrator and designer. Purveyor of the SWPL agenda. Opinions my own.
Yeah, I've had a long time feeling (since '19) that we are far too hesitant to give domestic based players a proper chance. Especially when they are younger.

At the moment it seems like if an SWPL based player doesn't play well on debut they are almost discarded to the U-23s.
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
(by the way this isn't even me saying I think Notley has been snubbed, she's just the example I had to hand. You could substitute her with McAneny, Shore, McLeary, Cruft (if she's eligible), Anderson, even someone like Ashley Robertson and I'd feel the same)
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Andreatta says and does a lot of the right things re: the SWPL (ie. going to games regularly) but what is the point of performing in our domestic league if it isn't rewarded?
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Losing at Ibrox in November would mean they'll have a likely 2 year winless run against Rangers 😬
October 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Liga F 🇪🇸, Hollywoodbets Super League 🇿🇦, Campeonato Brasileiro 🇧🇷, also all 16 (and Primera Division A 🇦🇷 is 17) so 16 wouldn't be *the* largest without Liga MX either 🫠
October 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Those I've spoken to have all been very pro- the change (although I'm a little perplexed personally at doing a league restructure because there's "too many games" then introducing a league cup change to increase the number of games & make the season start in July)
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Oh definitely not suggesting the result would have gone another way but it is a shocking decision.

Don't know about you but I was really disappointed by some of these cup performances. If Spartans can score against Celtic and only concede 3 there's not much excuse for Montrose/Motherwell/Livi
October 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
We learned referees don't know what "all the ball over the line" looks like 🤐
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Essentially just a bit of practice and some more inventive composition, as well as adding texture to the illustrations. Was going to do a whole series of these as HYT merch a while back but ended up swamped at work and never got it going again.
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is obviously a promo image that wasn't taken by the club themselves but it isn't *that* hard to kit swap (especially to just plain black)
October 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
(I have wider thoughts about how managers in WoSo often "ah resources/recruitment" their way out of criticism but that's a wider thing and Celtic fans definitely *are* criticising her management of the team)
September 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It's easy to attribute it to the general ill feeling with the Celtic board amongst the fans but at some point there's got to be an acceptance that other managers are working with more restrictions than her and not having those problems.
September 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Having NWSL on the telly for nights where I can't sleep by the way, big fan.
September 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM