Hey guys, it's Nate, AKA The Foot Account, and welcome back to the channel. Today, we're gonna be looking back at this past year of FIFA 21 as it is coming to a close, and look at some of the most popular players inside of this game, and also the least popular players. This is gonna be fun because it's gonna remind us of some of the players that we maybe used earlier on this year, but are not, of course, as meta as the insane cards that we saw towards the end of the game in these last couple of months. So it's gonna be a nice trip down memory lane, but also the main reason why I'm doing this today is to kind of start to get our minds right for FIFA 22 and just how people might be thinking as we start the new game. Because one thing that we've seen very often is that people start the new FIFA using the mindset and what the meta was, what was overpowered, what was the most popular cards to use from the past year's FIFA. So what was OP, what was meta in FIFA 21? People are gonna start and gravitate towards that to begin FIFA 22 until they learn differently until we figure out what exactly is the best combination of cards and just the fact that everybody goes for the meta, right? Everybody wants to be the best. They want that extra edge to be the best and to score the most goals, have the best defense used, the best cards to give them the highest chance of winning, right? That is so important in this day and age and how people play this game, especially since it's been so pushed to be played so competitively. So that shows in some of these cards that people like the most and dislike the most inside of FIFA 21. So let's get into it and look at some of these cards. First things first, this is not an ad, but we are using footbin.com, arguably in my opinion, the best non-EA sports related website for information and everything else related to FIFA, right? You got prices on here, you've got graphs. I mean, we use this site like religiously alongside of the game of FIFA 21. So if you're not using the site, make sure you get involved, footbin.com. I'll put a link down below in the description. It's just that good, but we are gonna be using some of the statistics and some of the voting, I guess you could call it, from this website today to talk about these most popular and least popular players because we are sorting by popularity and that is decided by the thumbs up and thumbs down. If you guys are not aware, cards on footbin, you can give them a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Basically, if you like the card, thumbs up, if you dislike it, thumbs it down, right? This is the number one most popular card inside of FIFA 21 Ultimate Team and that's the most fun thing that I think about this year is that a lot of these cards that are on this list are here. Yes, because overall, they're very popular, but there's also some creator influence and combining the meta of this game with five star skills and just a community having fun and realizing how really awesome a player is and EA going along with that, right? With the Celos card, formerly known as Waman, but after the name change goes by Celos. EA gave him cards later on in the year with a Tots SBC after he got his Inform and kind of rose to stardom inside of FIFA, right? And I think that's one of the coolest things as well is the connection between IRL football and FIFA. You think about FIFA 20 where we had Ryan Kent, right? Probably not a ton of people in the world knew about Ryan Kent, but they do because of FIFA, right? And that's one of the cool things I think about FIFA. It just brings to light some players that maybe aren't playing on the most high profile team, but for some reason they have hype and they're good in FIFA. So it just kind of brings their name to the forefront. And that is exactly what happened with Celos this year as the number one most popular card on FIFA. Now Wayne Rooney is up here as well. I think the reason why this card is rated so high is because Wayne Rooney is such a legend, of course, in the world of football. The English links is very easy to link four star, four star. And for the time that this was released, this was released in February, early February. This is a cracked out card, right? He's got pretty good traits with the outside the foot shot trait and really, really good stats with the four star, four star, high medium work rates. This was a card that a lot of people did for nostalgia purposes, right? I think that's why he got a lot of thumbs up because it was a good, it was a well priced SBC and really good stats. And of course, a legend that he is. Now you see a couple of Linguard cards in here as well. That's a lot of FIFA hype kind of thrown in there. But then you start to scroll down and you see some of these other cards that people loved during FIFA Ultimate Team. Of course, you have some of your most meta gold cards, right? Neymar, Ronaldo, Mbappe and Marcus Rashford. I would agree with a couple other players thrown in there. Those are the most overpowered gold players that we saw this past year in FIFA 21. And that changes, right? That really does change because if we see, we see these four cards as the top four golds from FIFA 21. Take a look at FIFA 20's top four gold cards. You had Neymar, Hyunmin Sun, Mbappe and Messi. And then Sasoko at number five, right? And you don't see anything about Sun or Messi or Sasoko even in like the top 20, right? We have to go, I mean, I'm not even on the first page and I don't, we don't see Messi here on the first page or Hyunmin Sun this year. So it just goes to show that there's gonna be, of course, the five star skills that were more overpowered in FIFA 21. And that sort of stuff changes every single year. So what you're gonna have at the start of FIFA 22 is people probably trying Rashford out. People probably trying out, of course, Neymar, Ronaldo and Mbappe as always. But some of these cards that had five star skills that were very popular this year, you're gonna see them being tried a little bit more inside of FIFA 22, I think. But continuing to go down through this list, they have a lot of big SBCs. People really like to upvote and downvote SBC players because it kind of to them feels like they have their opportunity to vote on the card and how they liked that car when it was released based off the price, based off the time. Objectives as well, right? This Jules Kunde, one of the most legendary objectives inside of FIFA 21, just because of the links this card provided, of course, Viran and Mendy. Even if we're not going off of thumbs up and thumbs down, but if we're going off of total number of games played inside of FIFA 21, take a look at this. Rafael Viran, 89 million games. This is only PlayStation 4, by the way. PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, 89 million games for Rafael Viran. I think it was just, that was a center back card that so many people like to use. He was very overpowered in game and he was cheap, right? He was pretty cheap for center backs and he again had the perfect link with Ferlan Mendy who was up there at 64 million games as well. This is the point I want to make again too, right? More and more you see people just going after what is met up and what is overpowered because you would think, okay, Messi and Ronaldo should be pretty high on this list, right? Well, look at all these cards that are higher than Messi and Ronaldo. Viran, Neymar, Conte, Mbappe, Ferlan Mendy, Kyle Walker, Paul Pugba, Sadio Mane, finally Cristiano Ronaldo down here and where's Messi? Messi's all the way down here, 21 million games for this year, FIFA 21, 21 million games for Messi. Compared to 89 for Viran, how crazy is that? For some people getting Messi is the pinnacle of FIFA, right? Now this year it's been easier than ever because Messi is so cheap, but it just goes to show what kind of cards people prefer on this game. It's the most meta cards and not always just the big name. Also I want to point out, look at all the Premier League cards, right? Premier League is the number one league in FIFA. It's number one always. Look at all of these Prem cards that have some of the most games played because FIFA, the game itself is the most popular in England and in the UK. So of course you have a lot of those English nationalities that are very popular, right? We talk about in FIFA, a lot of those cards are a little more overpriced just because of the hype and it makes sense, right? It's a very large portion of the user base in FIFA. I think that's why Lindgard has got some thumbs up, like same thing with Rooney, right? Even Tavernier being a very good objective card as that headliners item. He got a lot of thumbs up as well. So that's one thing I just want to make known, right? These Premier League cards are going to be very overpowered. They're going to be not necessarily overpowered, I guess, but they're going to be the most popular starting off the year inside of FIFA 22. The Premier League, I've got a prediction for this year, man. I really think that the Premier League is going to be number one as always inside of FIFA 22. And I think the number two league this year is going to be the league one, AKA PSG, right? French Lynx, league one, PSG. You have all the insane transfers in this window. Wynaldum, Hakimi, Ramos, of course, Messi to PSG. There's so many other transfers and so many other players that are already existing inside of the league one, you know, as well as Ben Yetter. Renato Sanchez being an insanely overpowered card this year, Benjamin Andre, right? Kind of a, not a random player, but a card that was used a lot in FIFA 21 for his rule breakers item. Sambia, foot birthday, Diata, Bomba. Bomba was a card that kind of burst onto the scene this year, right? Very, very popular item with his informs, with even his gold card as his player the month and this headliners and of course the team of the season. This is probably going to be a card that people try to link up inside of FIFA 22, whether they need a link to Mbappe, whether they need a link to like Ferlan Mendi and Varan at the back. I'd watch out for this Bomba card, right? But all league one cards in general, I honestly think that with the transfers, league one is going to be one of the most popular leagues this year in FIFA 22. So, again, what you have here as the most popular players is a lot of upvotes for pricing, right? I think you have Kleiber, if he's not already up at the top here. You have Robin, you have Kleiber, those are two very popular SBCs, Renato Sanchez. Oh, there's Kleiber right there. Elsharawi, right? Five star skills. The Arturo Vidal, foot birthday, the Ramos and Niven Ericard. Joao Felix, player of the month. David Neres, showdown was a huge card this past year. You have Debala moments. I'm actually really surprised how high up this Debala moments card is with 18,000 thumbs up. I mean, that was an insane card they dropped earlier this year, but he's got more thumbs up than Mbappe does, which I think is pretty crazy. So, those are all the most popular cards, right? We're talking about, again, what could be overpowered in FIFA 22, the way people are going to be looking at some items, and it's just kind of fun to remember these cards as they were released earlier on in the game. Suarez player moments, I was a bit surprised to see him on this list. 91 rated Suarez with 11,000 thumbs up. I think this was just a card that a lot of people love for who Suarez is, right? Some cards still get a lot of hype just because of the name and because of the legacy of Suarez and where he has been and the goals he has scored and what he has accomplished. I think that is a bit of a thumbs up. That's why he got so many thumbs up, but let's go to downvotes, right? Well, let's take a look at downvotes because these are also really fun to look at and it's a good trip down memory lane and to kind of talk about why some of these cards were downvoted the most. Now, we saw a lot of Premier League cards on the upvoted list and most games played, but you also see a lot of Premier League cards here. Now, why is that? Well, EA released a lot of Premier League special cards and I think people that want to use these cards, since they're such a large portion of the user base, they would love a nice English special card, right? They are very critical when they are not well priced or when that card is quote unquote a rat inside of the game. Now, you see like Veran's gold card wasn't very highly rated, but it had a lot of games played inside of FIFA 21. Now, you see Veran's informed Veran Tots, like and Veran wrote to the final actually with a lot of downvotes just because people hated that card in game because it was so good, right? And that's one of the funny things to see with some of these downvotes. Now, a lot of these cards are downvoted and they're not liked because of their price or how much work it takes to get the card when it comes out.  This will probably go down as the worst value SBC. We had in FIFA 21, I really think that it did, right? 28,000 downvotes, decent looking card, right? But just for that price at that stage of the game, it was atrocious. There's really, it's really hard to link the Subitzer card as well. In the Bundesliga, there's not a lot of green links to him. So that's why he had so many downvotes. I think the Alex Oxlade Chamberlain card was downvoted because of the price. Juan Besaca, I think a lot of people downvoted right away because they didn't think the boost was big enough off of his card and they also thought that the position change was a bit ratty, I guess you could say. But this card ended up being an actual pretty good item in game. If you did this SBC, I think a lot of people were happy with it, even though it did seem a bit expensive at the time when it was released. This Joe Gomez card, I think people thought was too expensive, but also, again, just very overpowered with the links that he had. Roberto Firmino overpriced Gundewan's Player of the Month SBC. I think that Gundewan won, like back to back or something like that and people didn't want him to win. I think that's why he had some of the downvotes. The price there wasn't that big of an issue. The Brewster Future Stars SBC. This is one of the ones, I don't know if you remember, but EA Sports actually had us vote on this. They put out a Twitter poll and they said, choose the nation, choose the position and they picked a future star and put an SBC out because of that. And I think people thought that these stats and three star skills, four star weak foot, the price and the stats in this card were just not good, right? And I think people were maybe wanting a soccer who later was released, but that's just not what we got with that one. So that's why there's so many downvotes on him. But again, you see a lot of the stuff in here is downvoted because A, it was just very overpowered in game or B, it was very expensive. St. Jude's Day foot birthday, very expensive. Not a ton of people did that card. Gareth Bale's flashback, very expensive, right? Kenny Lala foot freeze, expensive. Zinchenko was pricey. I think some of the other cards on here, Bomba's Player of the Month. I'm surprised he's got some downvotes, but a lot of the stuff on here, especially towards the top, is because people were just not happy with how that item was released inside of the game. So let me know down in the comments if you still have any of those cards that are in your team or if you remember playing against any of these cards. Of course, if we look at a couple different pages here, it's just also nice to look down memory lane. GoldMendi, right? A lot of thumbs up. Robert Lewandowski, team of the year. We were really happy to see Lewandowski get into team of the year in the stat boost that he got. That was a dub. The Gerud objective was awesome. The curtain, I'm actually surprised that this card didn't have more thumbs up because this Curtis Jones' SBC was one that so many people loved. For the price point, I mean, yes, it was not cheap, but that was a fantastic, fantastic card in the game. Then we have a Renato Sanchez coming in here as well. Of course, it's a very popular item. Isak Sandro Tonali. I remember when this was released. This was our first, I believe, Club 80s card via objectives during the year. The first one that was released. A lot of people loved that card. Tap Soba, the OWR SBC, which was great. So it's just kind of fun to look back through and see a lot of these cards from the year that were liked or that were disliked. But again, the biggest thing that we can learn about the stuff that we noticed today is that there's always gonna be, there's always gonna be these cards in FIFA that come up out of nowhere, right? Celas. Nobody really knew who Celas was. Not very many people knew on a grand scheme of things in FIFA or outside of just in casual football. Not many people knew about this guy before the year of FIFA, right? Same thing again, last year with Ryan Kent. Not many people knew about him. So I'm excited to see in FIFA 22 this year who the Celas of FIFA 22 is. I'm excited to see that. But also like what cards kind of rise to the top. Again, if we look at like base cards, Neymar, Ronaldo, Mbappe, Rashford, compared to Neymar and Mbappe still, those are gonna be very hyped cards in FIFA 22. But you've got Sun, Messi, Sasoko, Conte's always up there. Usman Nabilia was massive in FIFA 20. But again, like Usman Nabilia was very expensive at the start of FIFA 21 because of how good he was in FIFA 20. So again, some of the cards that I would expect to be expensive at the beginning of 22 would be Rashford for sure. Conte's still gonna be expensive. I mean, even Renato Sanchez, Ben Yetter, Bomba, some of those League One links, you know, with those new PSG links as well. That's gonna be very interesting. If Cristiano Ronaldo does end up transferring right now and I'm recording this, there's all the rumors about him going to Manchester City. We'll see if it actually happens or not. This video is gonna be posted after the fact.  But again, I just wanted to do this video today because I wanted to look at some of those most popular cards and just talk about how people value items in this game, why those are thumbs up, why stuff is thumbs down. And just kind of a fun overview of FIFA 21, but also kind of helping our minds as we head into FIFA 22. So if you enjoyed it, give a thumbs up to it. Comment down below if you have any questions or comments about the cards we talked about. And of course, subscribe if you're new. It's been Nathan Putacown. I will catch you guys later. Peace.


Good morning y'all. It is Sunday and we are gonna start the day off with some yummy breakfast We don't really know where yet because I want to go to snooze, but they probably have really long wait So we might have to go somewhere else but today I also want to do some thrift shopping because one weekend we went to like three Goodwill's and Uptown Cheapskate, I think it's called and Buffalo Exchange and all those and I actually got some really cute things and I just need new clothes because I am Finding myself like going to like things and just not having things to wear But I also don't really have the money to spend on like super expensive clothes So might as well just go check out the thrift store. I see what's up Because it's always fun to just like find like hidden gems So we're gonna probably do that after we go to breakfast and really quickly. I want to show you guys my outfit I've worn this in a vlog before but I've actually I think I got well. I definitely got this out of the thrift store It's just a jumpsuit And I love wearing just easy to put on things when I'm going shopping because Then it's like not much of an excuse to like try it on Because I feel like trying on things when you're going thrift shopping is really important because like sometimes it's final sale or like you can return it but for Store credit So yeah, it's very important to try on things when you're going thrift shopping But right now Ryan wants me to pick out a watch for him. Do you want to show everyone? What we have to choose from So ignore that I still wear it. I don't care Actually really like this one. What's this one the IWC? Yeah. Yeah, I like that one. Oh my god, I didn't even know you had all those I found this link. I've been wearing this because I was like too small Mm-hmm You're gonna go surgeon on it Yeah If y'all saw yesterday's vlog you would know that I shot my first wedding last night I didn't really include like too much footage just because I literally did not have time to take any but it was like so surreal because Honestly, like I told myself I would never shoot weddings like it's too high stress of an event Like what if you don't get the first kiss and like literally the main shooter told the bride and groom to kiss again because his camera like stopped working during the first kiss like Well, he like got it the second time because luckily they like looked at him and like they did it again But oh my goodness that is like my worst nightmare Honestly though this ceremony lasted literally five minutes. It went so fast That was the part of the wedding that I was the most concerned about But he was telling me that the whole family portraits after the ceremony is like the part that photographers hate I guess Which makes sense because then you just have to like get everyone and like it's a whole waiting process of like Everyone coming then like changing out and stuff like that So I will be posting some of those photos on my productions account Go give it a follow if you don't follow it already Because that would make my heart so happy also last night Ryan went to Terry Blacks when I was at the wedding and I got his leftovers. Oh my god. They were so good. I've been craving barbecue.  I'm like looking it's like lol.  I'll see your leftovers.  Yeah, that was actually really dumb of me because I wanted more Should have just gotten a whole sausage well I thought you would have more leftovers like you would order a double for my leftovers, you know Like I wasn't going to say like oh one of this kind of sausage like I didn't know you know what I mean Like I would just anyways I wanted more I'm also really excited because this Tuesday I'm having a get-together for the bachelor paradise finale This season was the first season I've ever watched a bachelor in paradise and it was so much better than bachelor in bachelor Like it's just so much more drama. It actually doesn't make me super duper bored the whole show so Yeah, I'm excited for that, but it's gonna be like my first time actually having like people over and I'm scared because My apartment's not ready. Like I don't have anything decorated really But yeah, we're gonna get something to eat because we are getting hungry Gordo's public house. I don't know I'm obsessed with Gordo's make that doughnut So we've never been to the actual like store just the food truck. So This will be interesting because all the breakfast is served with like doughnuts My dream Looks deathly You got some free queso on the house then you got the Rising rising shine We just got done eating and I am so full it was so good hit the spot.  But I think it was cuz our doughnuts were taking like kind of a long time Well, I honestly didn't even like think about it because I wasn't like starving or anything But that was so nice of them. So we got free queso. So that was a great start to a great day But now we're gonna go to Goodwill Because I want to start at Goodwill instead of uptown cheapskate because uptown cheapskate is a little bit more expensive And obviously nicer quality because it's like more boutique clothes and like nicer clothes than like a play-doh's closet would have Also the play-doh's closet here sucks. So I'm sad about that But I do want to find like a fall sweater At Goodwill hopefully in the men's section But we'll see because I want to take a picture of my nails because they're so nice and I have this like Vision I looked it up on Pinterest and I saw it like a fall chunky sweater with like all these rings on my hands Yes, so many chunky sweaters. I did downsize coming from Florida to Georgia because I only had my car and I didn't want to get like a What's it called? Truck trailer. What's it called? What's it called? You haul you haul. I didn't want to get a you haul just for like, you know a college move out kind of a deal So I tried to downsize and I got rid of so many sweaters and I'm kind of sad about it But it's fine because that just gives me an excuse to Shop a bit more this fall But yeah, hopefully Goodwill has some good stuff because last time they actually had it such good stuff I'm pretty sure I got my little lemon top from this Goodwill. So crossing your fingers What'd you find? I have to switch your butt. Okay, so I found this. It's literally $2. It's an orange theory workout top with a sports bra built in So I'm like $199 so this t-shirt is Inspired by C-von. She's a blogger and her aesthetic is just always on point and she made this whole post about like tie day And how it's going to be in style so I don't know I don't really love like how it looks like July 4th ish because it's not But I think I might just get it. It's this one's $5 so I might think about it What do you think about this? Is it cool? I don't know. So button-downs like they're not Sometimes very flattering on my big boobs because they just don't fit But hopefully this is large enough This is Jack's girlfriend. It seems really fancy. It looks really fancy I'm thinking I can wear it with like either white pants or something tucked in You know, we're like yeah, even just boyfriend jeans that would be cute and like some slides of some sort No, like low for a slide I'm looking for some basics honestly because I need just like t-shirts. I just need a black and a white shirt And I feel like I would be good But I don't know I'm not really finding too much Whatever you found. I found these I want to try on but it's your bad news. I spoke it out into the universe And the universe delivered found an old Navy relaxed black tea, and it's just two dollars Definitely getting it just found this shirt. It is adorable. I love the knot, but there's like this blue stain on it So, I don't know if I should just get it. Oh, yeah, it's just two dollars So I feel like I should just get it and kind of like distress it and like make these Like holes or something. I feel like that could be interesting Sometimes when you're getting these like shirts or dresses Just to make sure that you can wear like a regular bra with them or like if you obviously if you don't have any boots And you probably don't have to worry about this but sometimes like sticky boots just doesn't cut it So let's say I got this shirt Like I don't know. I just feel like I couldn't wear like a regular bra with it without it showing through So I tend to like sometimes buy shirts like that and then never wear them Just because I feel like I can never find the right bra. So just being kind of realistic with your wardrobe and You know What? It's a good tip. Do you think so? Yeah I'm not really having that much luck. I'm trying to keep my chin up and Be positive. I feel like if I brought my airpods here I could literally just zone out for like hours going through these clothes. I literally I'm just like zoning out kind of What else do I get on something? No, I found this Nike top I always need like new workout clothes, so I don't have to do laundry as often Is this kind of cool? It's cool. You might wear that. I don't think you can fit in it And I talked about this one. Do you like this? Mm-hmm. It has like blue stains But I'm thinking I can just stress it like poke holes through it because that's kind of like a vibe, you know I Found my black t-shirt Two two two seconds after I said that I know but I kind of like it Go old maybe buy up two dollars You always have so many blue striped ones But joy foot joy Okay, I mean, I've definitely seen it before but I did not know that's what it's standing for the FJ Very cute. Is that a good brand? It's cute. Oh, dang you have a lot How much are those shirts like five or something here, let me hold I don't really like that one So cool that is so cute babe. Yeah, I like that Yeah, so cool. Oh, that's really cool We are in the men's section. We're looking for sweaters. I found this one very Fall and it's from loft and I could totally wear this like oversized stuff with leggings But my vision is to like kind of like fold up these Sleeves and just make it hell of like really chunky and have my hand out with all my rings and stuff So hopefully you'll see that on my Instagram But yeah, I think we're done here. I'm gonna go through and see what I actually want and what I actually don't want But yeah, it's gonna make my Selection all right guys onto our next thrift store We're gonna go into Uptown Sheep's Gate and this is a place that has more of like Like boutiques and stuff like that like definitely way more higher brand higher end brands here So I'm very excited for this one I saved it for the last because I didn't want to get too discouraged when I went to Goodwill And came from like a high from this one. I left it for the last one That's so cute Yeah, very cute. It looks very comfortable. Oh I want that. I'm gonna steal that for sure lame Is that good that's cute. Is that a golf thing?  Oh my god. So exciting.  Oh Made well I want to do a try on haul at home I just want to show y'all these jeans really quick They're from Madewell and this has been my dream to wear made well jeans ever since I walked into the store a couple months ago Oh my god, they look amazing. They're like make me look so skinny.  I Frickin love them. I've always wanted jeans with the little distress against the bottom too So I think this one is a yes It is a lot later now and I actually took a nap because for some reason I just get so tired on the weekends when I eat and just I'm in the sun for a while Like I don't know just the heat and the sun kind of makes me super sleepy So I took a nap and Ryan actually went to golf I think he's on his way back right now though But I wanted to do a try on haul like I promised you guys Because I didn't show you guys what I bought at Goodwill. I don't think So I thought I would just like put it all on and show y'all so the first thing I got is this top and It is just kind of like a button down. I tied it over here I don't know I feel like I need Ryan to help me style because he's so much better at styling than me He actually styled me for one of these pictures. I actually will put it right here on the screen He styled me for this and I was like so shook I don't know. I was like you didn't have to go that hard, but he did Maybe he'll help me style this shirt when I actually have to wear it But right now I have it paired with some boyfriend jeans These are from I want to say a nasty gal or boo-hoo either one But then I paired it with these slide-on loafers They're in the color nude and I also got these from nasty gal or boo-hoo I just get them confused sometimes because they're like almost the same shit But yeah, I don't know looking at it now. I don't really love this outfit So I don't know I feel like my vision was kind of like white shorts or like shorts with this outfit and then like tuck it in somehow But if you guys have any better ways to style these outfits, please let me know in the comments down below This is the next top I think it's so flattering because it kind of like cinches in and I really need that sometimes because there are too Many boxy shirts out there. I really like this, but again that little blue stuff the stain or gum I don't even know what it is, but how rude of whoever did that to this shirt because it's so cute again I'd probably pair this with some shorts Especially because it's too hot out here in Austin still and it's the middle of September not cool But I think I'm gonna try to distress this like I said put some holes in it and then put some holes over here to make it like a little bit even or Symmetrical and just make it like intentional But yeah, so this is this shirt. I really like it I actually already have a camo shirt, but it's getting just like too thin like you can tell it's just like worn out So glad I got another one. Next up is this Jameson Irish whiskey shirt I have never had this in my life, but maybe I'll try it just because of this shirt He's home love this shirt super duper comfy. I was golf. Oh, what did you get? What is it? Oh No, no, I don't want a small bucket Thanks I'm doing a little try on session Next up is the fall sweater I don't think it's coming off as yellow as it is in person on camera But it is like this beautiful mustard yellow and I love playing around with fall colors because I feel like they look really good on my skin tone But this is kind of like what I had pictured for my picture on Instagram I was kind of gonna just like pop my hand out show my nice new nails have my rings Oh, I also forgot to show you guys We went to the mall because Ryan wanted new shoes, but he didn't end up getting them But anyways, I got these rings from Francesca. Oh my god. What the hell this one already broke with the frig That is so annoying That is really annoying anyways I got these like stacked rings and then there's this really pretty one on this hand didn't want to put it where it doesn't belong yet, but That's that one And then I have my other rings that I might pop on here But I wish I had some midi rings and like more chunky rings like I wish I had like a whole collection But this will do for now and I think it's gonna be a cute This one already broke do you see it there's gonna be like a diamond in there won't not diamond But you know the next top is this orange theory one and I'm gonna be honest with you guys I didn't even take my own advice and I didn't try this on and I don't really love it But it's okay because it was $2 and I have it if Like they say like where your orange theory merch, you know, but I feel like it makes me look very like Puffy like this material just is not doing it for me But I really liked that it did have a bra on it so If I'm running out of workout clothes like I will wear this But I feel like sometimes it is a little bit cheesy to wear orange theory clothes or like merch in orange theory I don't know for especially because it's like bright orange. It was like white and I said orange theory like totally fine But Anyways, I look like a pumpkin. I'm loving it I got another workout top this one is Nike and I love love love this one It is a little snug, but it's okay because I am trying to you know lose some inches So I will grow into it I guess sometimes I actually like to wear snug outfits to orange theory because it gives me more motivation Feeling a little bit chunky, you know, I mean that's that may not be like the right mentality But that's kind of my mentality. I think it's very cute and I'm always in the market for more black workout gear so all the other clothes I showed you were from Goodwill, but now I'm moving into uptown Cheapskate and Probably the most exciting clothes because these are all from Madewell I actually walked into the store for the first time like three months ago, and I was like, oh my god When I get a job, I am going shopping at Madewell buying myself some Madewell jeans getting some shoes their shoes are so cute Anyways, I got these jeans for like 18 bucks or something literally insane. They're so cute I love the distressing especially the Bottom of them. I really like that. I also love that they're high waisted They suck me in they're thick, but they're also really stretchy I feel like they're just such good quality and I have like not shitty jeans But like the American Eagle jeans and like the fashion Nova jeans, you know So they like are a bit thinner and they kind of show every little curve you got But this shirt is actually also from Madewell It is a bit see-through So you probably can't tell that I'm wearing a black bra through the camera, but you can tell in person I definitely need to get a nude bra and I really want to get the skims one I am like all for the skims line Kim Kardashian solution wear line I really wanted one of the bras, but they actually sold out and I was like I never get them on time But I will be there for the restock date So hopefully I'll get it then but yeah I definitely want to try out maybe like the t-shirt bra from there But I also need to get size somewhere because everyone tells me a different size and I just never know what size I am So the next shirt is actually also Madewell. It's the same kind of style. I'm pretty sure but this one is an extra large I think and I love this one actually more than the white one. I like that. It's a little bit longer on me And if it's really nice, so I'm excited. I think I'm just gonna wear both these shirts kind of just like tucked in like that like just you know Effortless, I'm just so excited about these jeans So these are definitely my favorite pick of the day and I highly recommend y'all check out your Local Goodwill and I would say Plato's closet, but sometimes it's a hit or miss So the one in Orlando if you guys go to UCF, I've been saying this for like all my four years It is amazing the Ovita one and the Waterford Lake lakes one is so good but Here it's not so great But I think that Uptown Cheapskate Ryan said that I was in Georgia, right, right? Uptown Cheapskate did you say? Yeah, so Could be in different states too. So maybe look for that one as well


Hi friends welcome back to my channel and a very special welcome if you're new here. My name is Jen I'm a certified weight loss and nutrition coach, and I'm on WW and I count calories and macros Happy Saturday. It is Saturday. So it's a grocery haul day. I love a good grocery shopping trip I love to grocery shop as weird as that might sound and I'm excited to bring to you a big haul from both Sprouts and Walmart. So if you're excited give this video a big thumbs up Subscribe if you're not because we do a grocery haul every single Saturday and I upload five videos per week Check out the description box down below for nutrition coaching. I offer personalized macros and calories Highly recommend get yours done before the new year so you can hit all of your 2023 goals And I offer one-on-one coaching as well links discounts to my favorite things and come join our facebook group We would love to have you. So let me turn you around and let's get into the grocery haul So here is my grocery haul for the week I went to both Walmart and to sprouts mainly to sprouts for my produce You guys know I love picking up my produce there and I actually found some really good deals So let's jump in to the grocery haul So the first thing I picked up are my mini cucumbers. We love these We usually go through an entire bag of these in the course of a week. They're just so crunchy and good I really really love those and then I needed a huge bag of broccoli I have a couple of recipes that calls for broccoli and it was less expensive to buy the big bulk bag rather than A couple of the small bags. I also needed some snow peas for a dinner recipe. I'm making a crock pot kind of low main Chinese recipe. I'm really excited for it. You guys will see it in next wednesdays what I eat in a day I also needed an orange for my meal prep a green bell pepper I decided to grab some baby spinach because I really need to work on getting in some leafy greens I do not eat salad and I never think about just buying spinach that I can add to things like my eggs or my smoothies So I went ahead and grabbed a big container and my goal is to eat this entire thing this next week And then I grabbed some arugula too because it was on sale for a dollar 50 And I like to put this on wraps and sandwiches. It's really good in eggs I think I'm going to put some of it on my chicken salad that I made in last week's meal prep For a little bit of crunch and a little bit of flavor. It's kind of a peppery flavor I really like it and then I grabbed some parsley fresh just curl leaf parsley for a dinner recipe Raspberries for the week. I have blueberries and I ordered apples from imperfect foods So I decided to grab a couple packs of raspberries for an extra fruit I did some celery for a dinner recipe and then whatever's left over I'll use for snacking Little baby sliced up a baby bella mushrooms for a recipe and then these carrots I bought these before and I actually really like these. They're little organic mini carrots They were on sale for two dollars I think what I'm going to do is cut them up and put them in my air fryer and have them as kind of a carrot chip Is part of my lunch today. So I'm excited for that. It'll help me get in some veggies I grabbed some green onions a couple of carrots and then I picked up the vital farms hard boiled eggs Because these were on sale for two dollars and 90 cents normally six dollars They don't expire for a few days and we love hard boiled eggs and it's just really convenient to have them on hand So I know that will eat those up. So that's everything that I picked up this week from sprouts I grabbed a box of sugar-free cake mix. This is for my meal prep I'm really excited for meal prep this next week. Stay tuned after the grocery haul I'll go over everything that's on my dinner menu and what you'll see in monday's meal prep I had to grab one more pack of candy canes for the season This is my favorite thing at christmas time and you can only get them at christmas time So I always like to stock up and enjoy these all holiday season a gallon of one percent milk for troi And also that I what I didn't bring in from the garage is a case of water Case diet coat case of course light those all go in our garage fridge But I picked those up too a can of low fat cream of mushroom soup for a dinner recipe And then I also needed a 15 ounce can of tomato sauce And like I mentioned, I was completely out of baking powder So I picked that up and then lastly for that low main. I needed a can of water chestnuts I'm getting ready for my protein pudding video. I'm stocking up on all the things that I need So I grabbed a few things from walmart including these sugar-free smuckers caramel sauce I'm going to be incorporating these things into my protein pudding recipes And then for that crock pot low main.  He wanted these last time I went to walmart and they were completely out So they had them this time. So I grabbed them I needed some orange juice for a recipe and I thought if I picked up the 50% less calorie sugar Orange juice I could enjoy that with my breakfast as well as using it in that recipe And then I also needed just a little bit of whole milk for a couple recipes as well Crock pot liners because I've been using my crock pot a lot and I am completely out These are huge for cleanup makes my life so much easier And then I was out of my wraps and I decided this time just to grab these snack size ones The big ones are just too much for me and these are the perfect size and they're only 35 calories a piece So I can use these for anything that I want to make using a wrap and again, they're just really the perfect size They're not too big and I will be able to finish the whole thing and I do enjoy the La Bambarita carb counter. These two goodies are for my protein pudding recipes So I have some Reese's minis and then this is perfect. This is a little mixed nut So there's a whole bunch of different nuts in there cut up really finely Which will be great for protein pudding I need a lot of cheese a lot of cheese as usual.  I had the caprese last time and this one just sounded Really good and then I needed cheese tortellini for a recipe. They had no frozen pasta whatsoever other than beef ravioli So beef ravioli is for that recipe and then lastly I grabbed some sugar-free maple syrup So that's everything that I picked up from both walmart and sprouts for the week Let's get into dinner and what you'll see in meal prep. So here's what is on my menu for the week today saturday We are actually heading to a christmas party. So we're gonna do leftovers tomorrow We'll have some leftovers from the christmas party for sunday on monday. I'm doing a slow cooker low main That's the recipe I mentioned in my video. So stay tuned for that in wednesday What I eat in a day tuesday. We'll eat the leftovers of that wednesday. I'm going to make enchiladas I have everything on hand for that Thursday. I'm doing cheesy tortellini slash ravioli Because they didn't have tortellini at walmart with a sausage bake and then friday We'll do leftovers to finish up everything from earlier in the week. Here's what you'll be seeing in monday's meal prep I'm super excited for these recipes for breakfast. I'm doing an overnight breakfast casserole This is like a farmer's breakfast hearty casserole for lunch. I'm making orange chicken super excited for that I'm going to make it into a bowl and then for dessert. I'm making christmas truffles This will be a great recipe to have in your arsenal for the holidays. So definitely stay tuned for monday's meal prep Thank you for joining me for this week's grocery haul I hope you enjoyed seeing everything I picked up from sprouts and walmart I feel like I am set up and ready for a successful week Which makes me really happy if you enjoyed today's video Give it a thumbs up subscribe if you're not and turn your bell on so you never miss a future Video don't forget to check out the description box down below for nutrition coaching Links and discounts to my favorite things and come join our facebook group We'd love to have you happy saturday and i'll see you in tomorrow's video.


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Hey everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Sosman, joined today by Jim Sinus of Fandall, who's here to help me break down the value plays from week one in DFS. Jim, what's happening? It's all good here, Greg. First of all, it's week one. How can you not be excited about that? But also because it's week one, we've actually got some good value plays here. You know, guys, maybe undervalued entry in the season. Guys who were in different roles than they were when salaries came out. So it's a pretty good week to talk values. I am excited for this slate. How are you doing? I'm feeling great, man. I'm excited. Week one begins tonight. Bears and Packers. And we'll hear from Gabe Morenze a little bit later on on who he likes in that one. But let's take a look at that full slate on Sunday, the full roster, and try to find some of the value plays. And let's start at the quarterback spot. And you previewed it yesterday, Jim, with your stacks. And now we get to our value. And that's because Nick Foles is priced under $7,000 as a quarterback. Why do you love Foles this weekend? Yeah, I think they're just a lot of things working in Foles' favor for week number one. The first one is that I expect this offense to be a lot better in 2019 than it was in 2018, in part because Foles is there, but also because their offensive line is now healthy, which they very much were not from week two on last year. So that's a plus for them. And now, John DeFilippos in town. And DeFilippo got fired from the Vikings because he wanted to throw too often. And he did throw often with that team specifically on first down. The Jaguars did not do that in the first half. They ranked 30th in pass rate on first down in the first half last year per sharp football stats. So that's going to go up, which is good for Nick Foles. It's also good for Leonard Fournette. And this entire offense, if they're going to more efficient because they're throwing the ball more often. I like that a lot, but also this Chief's defense is one we can exploit, especially when they're on the road. They did gain Frank Clark and they also did gain Tyron Matthew, but you're taking them out of KC. And I think the Chiefs have one of the best home field advantages in football, but putting them on the road in Jacksonville is something that does bode well for this Jaguars offense. So I think that Nick Foles just has a lot going for him this week in a game with the highest total on the main slate. And it's also a tight spread. That's a lot of things to like for Nick Foles. I think that Matthew Stafford is also intriguing at $6,600. He's also in a pace of spot against a bad defense. But between these two guys, I do prefer Foles going up against his Chiefs defense week one. Should be a fun one in Jacksonville. And that is Nick Foles' debut, priced at a really good spot. Let's see him come through. Remember, given his price is so low, he doesn't have to do what some of these higher priced quarterbacks do. But if he gets on a run, he's gonna outperform his number and that gets you off to a fantastic start in week one. Let's continue talking about the value plays, Jim, and that brings us to somebody else we talked about yesterday in Seattle with Chris Carson in the running game. We know how great it is or it's supposed to be and just how often they're gonna run it. What Chris Carson does is not just run the ball as it makes him so exciting, especially at $6,600. Yeah, I think the general philosophy of running back is to accept cheap volume where you can find and that's exactly what you get with Chris Carson. Given it seems like he's pretty far ahead of Rashad Penny on this depth chart, which bodes well for him as a rusher. But also, as you mentioned, it's not just rushing. It also sounds like Brian Schottenheimer actually wants to get Chris Carson the football as a receiver this year as well. And a target is worth twice as much as a carry and half PPR scoring settings like fan duels, which means that Chris Carson's value could be huge this year if they do decide to follow through in that edict and give him a lot of targets. So I like that for Chris Carson, but also this game script is perfect. They're facing the Bengals as 10 point home favorites. They want to run the football. They should be able to do so here. So Chris Carson honestly does check every box. I want to run him back who will get almost all the carries in his offense. I want him to get some targets as well and I want him to win that football game and Carson should do all those things here in a great matchup with the Bengals. So I really think that Chris Carson is one of the better cash game players on the board at running back. And he also has the upside that we want for tournaments. So Chris Carson is a guy who's going to be hard to stay away from in week one. Chris Carson, definitely someone you want to get in your lineup week one, obviously at this price. But I also think all season long, Carson's going to eat for Seattle, especially in that Brian Schottenheimer offense. Love Chris Carson this week, especially at this price. Another undervalued player here this week. It's Austin Echler for the Chargers. Melvin Gordon's not showing up. And Echler, a starting running back is priced at $6,400. Now we don't know exactly what the split will be between Echler and Justin Jackson. Why do you like Echler at this number? Yeah, it's hard to know definitively what this share will be between these two guys. But the good thing is we did give three games last year where Melvin Gordon did not play and Austin Echler and Justin Jackson both did. And in those three games, Echler had 79% of the snaps. The average 13 carries and 6.7 targets per game. And those 6.7 targets come with a lot of value for a guy who is as good as Austin Echler. But I think you could also say reasonably that Jackson heading into a second year may get a larger piece of the pie this time around. So let's take a look at the minimum values for Echler in those three games. He played 68% of the snaps in all three. He had at least 12 carries in all three and at least five targets. If you guarantee me 12 carries and five targets for someone like Austin Echler in this game against a below average Colts defense, I'm gonna take that every time because he's an electric player who can do a lot with those targets. There's no Russell O'Coon for this week for the Chargers. That is a major downgrade. And I think that that could push you to bet the under in this game, but we're not looking for efficiency out of Austin Echler. We just want volume and he should get that. He should get that in the most relevant category, which is targets. So Austin Echler is a guy who will get work in the passing game. He'll generally be efficient when he does get that work and he should get a good number of carries as well. He is a home favorite. So even though the offensive line is a major question mark for the Chargers, I still think Echler makes a lot of sense. $6,400, way too cheap for someone who's going to get as much work as in the passing game as Echler could get. Absolutely, a PPR type of player, Echler with Ken Wisinhunt calling the plays. I don't think it's gonna come off the field as much as people think. I believe that the Chargers believe that Austin Echler is their top back, both on third downs and on early downwork. I think you'll see Phillip Rivers utilizing him a lot.  Let's move to another position, Jim, and that brings us to the wide receivers. And one name that has been screaming up draft boards as of late has been Dallas's Michael Gallup. This week Gallup is priced at $5,600. The Marri Cooper is not 100%. Facing a soft giant secondary and the only good player there is Janoris Jenkins, he'll be on Cooper, leaving Michael Gallup to go wild, $5,600. You gotta like it. Yeah, everything you mentioned there is awesome and it lines up really well for Michael Gallup, but also he actually got a good amount of volume last year. Even when Cooper was there, Michael Gallup, as you recall, had a lot of empty targets, but he got a lot of deep targets and you don't need a lot of deep targets to hit in order for a player to pay off, especially when they are as cheap as Michael Gallup. He is $5,600 after Cooper joined the team last year. Gallup still got 36% of the team's targets, 16 or more yards downfield, which is a very big number. He had multiple deep targets in four games. Again, that's only after Cooper joined this team. So even though we have a Marri Cooper there, Zeke Elliott is also there too. I would still expect Michael Gallup to get a lot of volume in this team's passing offense. Additionally, this offense was killer. When it was at home last year with a Marri Cooper, Dak Prescott specifically balled out in those games. And as you said, there's not a lot of talent left on this giant's defense. Landon Collins gone, Olivia Vernon is also gone. That bodes well for the Dallas Cowboys. I think that, you know, you don't wanna mess with the Michael, with the Zeke Elliott situation, given his potential pitch count there. Don't want to mess with the Marri Cooper when he's banged up and facing to Norris Jenkins, but you can use Dak Prescott as your quarterback and you can pair with Michael Gallup and save quite a bit of salary. I like this Cowboys offense in general with Kellen Clemens, with Kellen Moore calling the plays. I think that that sets up well for them. And I think that Michael Gallup is a good way to get exposure at just $5,600 a week one. Definitely wants some Michael Gallup this week, facing this off secondary. And for all the reasons that Jim mentioned, the biggest reason of course, it's a price. It's just too cheap for a starting wide receiver that has the ability to score a couple touchdowns that I think is exactly what Gallup has. I like Michael Gallup. I want a couple shares.  One more wide receiver to get to Jim and that brings us to John Brown of the Bills. He's priced at $5,500 even cheaper than Michael Gallup. And he's a starting wide receiver, not just that. He may be the number one wide receiver here. Josh Allen, we know what he can do with his legs. Can he be successful with his arm as well? Probably not, because it's Josh Allen. But he doesn't have to be that successful. We saw last year with Robert Foster, what a player like John Brown can do within this offense. He doesn't need to hit a lot. He just needs to hit once or twice and John Brown can blow up. John Brown was a good fantasy football player last year before Lamar Jackson became the quarterback down in Baltimore. Now he was up to Buffalo and plays with a guy who wants to launch it, wants to get a little de-gaff out there. And we know Josh Allen will do that. And this week he's facing a bad secondary that the Jets have. This Jets defense could be pretty tough, not good this year. And that bodes well for this Bills offense. And week number one, we know how talented John Brown is. And he just fits so well with this Bills offense. Robert Foster was a guy who was a DFS stud at times last year. And now John Brown steps into that role as the field stretcher within this offense. It's not gonna be Zay Jones or Cole Beasley. It's going to be John Brown and he should be able to get open against this Jets secondary. So I like John Brown a lot. I think that for $5,500, he has pretty monster upside. I also do expect this game to be maybe a little bit higher score in the next expectation, partly because of the Jets defense, but also because I expect this Jets offense to work faster than the expectation. The total on this game is gone from 38 and a half up to 40 and a half. I think that's very justifiable. So I think you can get some small game stacks in here with Levy on Bell on one side and John Brown on the other and take advantage of a game that could be higher scoring than Perception, but John Brown a big part of that for $5,500. Perception versus reality here. You look at these two teams, you think good solid defenses, low scoring game, number keeps going up. And that's why you want to look to this game for some value. And that's what you get when you look at John Brown's way, just $5,500. You may wind up being Josh Allen's favorite receiver. Don't really know what that's gonna mean, but it's possible. And for this weekend, it could mean a lot. John Brown at this price is worth getting in there. One last player to get to and it's our tight end this week and he's priced at under $5,000. It's a Rams tight end. Only problem Jim is it's not the one that just got in the contract extension. Why Everett over Higbee? Yeah, it's not even the guy who played the most snaps last year because that was pretty consistently Tyler Higbee as well, but what we saw last year throughout the season was Gerald Everett's role expanding, especially in the playoffs when they needed a guy to catch passes. It was Gerald Everett on whom they lean the most because in the NSC championship game in the Super Bowl, Gerald Everett's snap rate was 68%. Now, Robert Mays, the ringer has been at Rams training camp and he said while he was there, it looked as if the Rams are gonna play more two tight end sets, which means that the snap rate for Everett should be steadier and you can build on those gains that he had last year. It's easy to forget that Everett was a second round pick the year after they took Higbee and it seems like he is really rounding into form. Again, he played a lot of snaps last year. He's in a game that I expect to be pretty high scoring. He's just $4,900. There are a lot of reasons not to like Gerald Everett's but there are also a good number of reasons to like him especially in a game that I would expect to be pretty high scoring on Sunday. Now in that same game, Greg Olsen is $5,200 and also I think in a team where he'll have less competition for targets potentially should be the number four guy there behind DJ Morker to Samuel and Christian McCaffery. I think there is a very good case to be made to go with Greg Olsen but I also would not expect Gerald Everett to get a lot of love and I think that his role this year should be better than what it was during the regular season last year based on what he did in the playoffs in 2018. So Gerald Everett, a guy generally I'm buying for this year. I think that it makes sense to get in on him on a game I feel is pretty attractive for week one. I think it's gonna be high scoring in week one as well. Gerald Everett doesn't cost that much. We may not do that much. The risk versus the reward. If you play the value play in Everett here hopefully you can get some of the bigger names into your lineup potentially in this game as well. Be cautious putting in Gerald Everett, brush your fingers and maybe he'll wind up with a touchdown. That's gonna do it for us here on the fan. Don't hurry up. We got a game tonight, Jim. Yeah, Packers Bears. I think it's a super fun game. We're gonna learn a lot about both these teams. We'll get to see your boy MVS out there on the field. So it should be a lot of fun looking forward to and just seeing real football in the field once again. Absolutely real football has arrived. For Jim Sannis, I am Greg Sussman. Have an awesome night. We'll see you back here tomorrow as we preview every single game from this weekend. It should be fun.


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I'm sorry, could I please ask members of the public who are leaving the gallery to please leave quietly because we're trying to move on with the next item of business. Thank you very much indeed, thank you. In that regard, we shall move on to the next item of business, which is a member's business debate on motion 4871, in the name of Douglas Lumsden, on celebrating success of a rugby in Scotland. The debate will be concluded without any questions being put, and I would ask those members who wish to speak in the debate to please press the request to speak buttons now, and I call on Douglas Lumsden to open the debate. Up to seven minutes please, Mr Lumsden. Thank you, Presiding Officer, I've never cleared a venue so quickly before. It gives me great pleasure to be able to bring this debate before Parliament this afternoon to celebrate all that is Scottish Rugby, and I'd like to thank all members who supported my motion and helped me to secure this debate today. As a Scottish Rugby fan, I acknowledge that we have our fair share of highs and lows. Our national team brings us tears of happiness and, yes, frustration, but we live every minute of those matches with the players and we feel every up and every down. Losses don't affect our passion for the game and we always believe that this is the year we can win the grand slam, while I do anyway. When it comes to rugby, we can set our political differences aside and admire the skill, commitment and passion from our national teams, and I'm sure that the minister would agree on that. I was delighted to host a reception in Parliament recently to celebrate those successes. I would like to thank all my colleagues, especially the Presiding Officer, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport and the Sports Minister, who were able to make it along that night. I would also like to thank Sharon and Roger Hill, the parents of our former colleague and friend, David Hill, who were able to attend while we also remembered David on that night. It was great to have a reception like that after two years of lockdown. It felt like old times. It was just sad that David was not there to enjoy it with us. I also thank Scottish Rugby and the players and coaches who came along from both the men's and women's team on the night. Scottish Rugby has such a rich history with many of the past greats coming swiftly to mind. Doddie Weir, who I was thinking about during our members' debate this week on an MND, Jim Jeffries, Finlay Calder—we've all got our favourite players and moments of the past—but it also has such a bright future, and it's that that I want to focus on today. Scottish Rugby recently launched its new strategy for encouraging more women and girls to enter the sport and find a career in rugby. Post-pandemic, we have seen a rise in women and girls taking part in rugby, which is fantastic to see, but we are ambitious for the future. There are currently over 6,000 women and girls players in clubs throughout Scotland, but the aim of the strategy is to increase that substantially by 2025. The strategy will grow participation and visibility of women's rugby nationwide and is based on four Ps—participation, pathway, pipeline and performance. Scottish Rugby has committed to more than doubling its spend on women's rugby investing and an additional £2.5 million next year. That is welcome news in developing rugby for all throughout Scotland. Jackie Dunbar raised that point at the reception that we had a couple of weeks ago. Both our daughters played football, but there was no option to play rugby, so hopefully that will improve going forward. We all know how sport can enhance every aspect of our lives, from physical to mental health. I know that, as a Parliament, we would welcome initiatives such as those to encourage more women and girls to pick up a ball and play sport at all and every level, whether that could be a casual game in the park or playground to get involved in a club, to play for Scotland. Participation at any level is key. Anything that we can do to encourage that has to be welcomed. It would be good to hear from the minister what the Scottish Government can do to help with that level of participation. We also want to see more parity with the men's game in terms of rugby being a career. At present, there are only five women on contracts in Scotland. The aim is to grow that to 30 following the World Cup this year, which, of course, our amazing women's team has qualified for. I wish the team the very best for the competition in New Zealand. Scotland has one of the top referees in the world, the groundbreaking Holly Davidson, who takes charge of not just top women's games but men's test matches also. Holly will also be heading to the World Cup. I also want to mention today an exciting initiative in my own area of North East Scotland that will build up participation more and make rugby accessible to more people. Scottish Rugby in May launched a new partnership with Aberdeenshire Council and the University of Highlands and Islands to deliver increased rugby and physical activity for secondary school pupils and adults in further and higher education in the north of Scotland. Aberdeenshire Council education team will see the addition of four rugby development officers and three community coaches who will operate for local rugby clubs. They will deliver a 16-week rugby programme as part of the curriculum for pupils in S1 to S4 across 17 schools. This is the first time a specially designed rugby programme will be delivered as an on-going part of the curriculum in the local authority. It will provide enhanced opportunities for young people to focus on their health and wellbeing and enjoy outdoor learning, working in partnership with local communities. It is hoped that it will reach 10,000 pupils right across Aberdeenshire. I will take that into mind. I wonder if my esteemed colleague would agree with me that rugby is showing the way and that, to be able to do it, you have to see it. It is not just about the shot window of performance in which our ladies are going to New Zealand are showing us that, but also the pathway that you have just indicated there is really important that both of those elements are put together and rugby should be commended for what they are doing. I completely agree with Brian Whittle. It does really show the way. As a boy, I was actually quite lucky. I attended my local comprehensive school that rugby was part of the core curriculum, but sadly that is not the case for many. It is really quite unusual. Another area that Scottish Rugby are working on is to widen their engagement with Scotland's ethnic and religious minority communities. They are looking to make rugby more diverse, and I hope that the Scottish Government will join with them on making the game more representative of our country as a whole. With all this good work, I was pleased to see that Scottish Rugby CEO Mark Dodson contract has been extended to 2025. I must also mention the work of charity school of hard knocks. They deliver life changing programmes across the UK. They change the lives of children and adults using rugby as a medium, working with adults to find and sustain employment and with school children at risk of exclusion to help them to re-engage with education now in their 10th year and doing great work in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Last but certainly not least, I also want to mention today the amazing work that has been done around clan rugby. A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of attending the match between the Holyrood Parliament team and the Edinburgh clan. What a fantastic game it was. Smile and face is fun and inclusion. It was brilliant to see. Clan rugby brings together both able-bodied players and those with a physical or learning disability to compete in one unified game.  Presiding Officer, it has been great to speak to the Parliament today in celebration of Scottish Rugby. I look forward to hearing the contribution of others today with their stories of how rugby has impacted them and their local areas. Scottish Rugby is growing in our nation and we can all be incredibly proud of our teams, players, coaches and amateurs who love the game, love playing the game and just love getting involved. We must thank all those coaches, volunteers and parents up and down the country who give up their time for the love of the game. Scotland has rugby at its heart and, as a Parliament, it is our privilege to acknowledge that today. I now call Jackie Dunbar to be followed by Finlay Carson up to four minutes. As the deputy convener of the cross-party group on rugby, I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate and congratulate the convener, Douglas Lumsden, on securing it and for sponsoring the recent parliamentary reception where we met Scotland's manager Gregor Townsend and some of the fantastic players of Scotland's women and men's teams. The reception was a great event and provided an invaluable opportunity to hear about the importance of rugby to Scotland, to our economy, our young folk as well as to the health of Scotland. Presiding Officer, there are few more stirring sites than that of the Scottish team striding out onto the turf in front of almost 70,000 spectators at Murray Field ahead of an international game. With around 250 member clubs in every part of the country, there are ample opportunities to watch and play the game. In fact, according to the international rugby board, around 100,000 Scots regularly take part and that includes 25,000 women players, a point worth emphasising. Indeed, there is a type of rugby and a level of competition that is right for everyone, whether it is a 15-a-side, casual touch rugby or even walking rugby. That would be my one if I had to choose. Rugby is a fantastic way to keep fit to improve mental wellbeing and develop transferable skills. On health and wellbeing, I read an interesting study from Edinburgh University, which showed that playing rugby at all ages can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, cancer, stroke, heart disease and depression, as well as improving muscle function, bone health and balance. There really is no reason not to play rugby. The question is how we can support more folk into the sport and ensure that it is supported for our amateur and professional players of the future. In particular, I am interested in how we can support more women and quines into the sport. I welcome that driving up participation levels of women and quines will be an important part of £100 million push, which doubles Scotland's sport and active living budget by the end of the current Parliament. I note that preparations are also under way for a Scottish sport media summit, aimed at exploring ways to increase visibility and coverage of women's sport across all platforms. That welcome additional investment will benefit the wider sporting system and will be delivered in partnership with Sport Scotland to help to rebuild capacity within the sector as we continue to recover from the pandemic. It will also rightly focus on breaking down barriers to participation and ensure that more folk, including women and girls, can enjoy active lives while improving physical, mental and social health. On those important points, I ask the minister for a commitment that Sport Scotland will work with rugby clubs the length and breadth of the country to ensure that they are supported and promoted. I also ask the minister for an update on the sport summit and on how it will be taken forward. The final point that I want to make is around touch rugby and how it is being used to support older folk and those with early onset dementia and other health conditions to socialise. Touch is a minimal contact sport played on a 50x70m sized playing field. It emphasises on running or walking, passing, catching and communication, and it can be played by anyone and the dynamics allow for all ages and abilities. It is a great opportunity for our older folk and I encourage everybody interested to take a look. Presiding Officer, in closing, I again welcome this debate. Note the vital importance of rugby and reiterate my asks of the minister. Thank you, Mr Barre. I now call Finlay Carson to be followed by Karol Mawkin up to four minutes. First, I was not intending to speak in the debate today, but my colleague Jamie Halcro Johnson unfortunately cannot be here. He is the prop for the Scottish Parliament rugby team, and he is in a far better place to deliver a speech than I am. First, I congratulate my colleague and fellow athlete Douglas Lumsden for bringing this debate to the chamber today. I want to speak about my local home club, Stutor Rugby Club, based at Greenlaw, outside Castle Douglas, which was founded in 1970. Two weeks ago, we celebrated our 50th anniversary. The celebrations were delayed by two years because of Covid, but the dinner saw more than 450 supporters come together to enjoy the friendships, fellowship and the camaraderie that has been built up over half a century. We should not forget that this coming month, Stutor Sevens will be marking its 50th anniversary. The club has remarkable seven youth teams that feed into a first 15 men's team who play in the west division 1, and the women's 15, known as the Stutor Sirens, who play a national one, who have a fantastic track record having won the national plate competition on three different occasions. Over the years, Stutor Sevens has also had some of its players gone to perform at national level with Stafford MacDowell of Glasgow Warriors, Alec Craig playing for Scotland currently, and Joe Ansborough, a multiple Scottish cap winner. We cannot forget Alice King, the captain of Watsonians and, of course, Susie McKerley-Hecks, who managed to attain 13 caps for Scotland's women during her career. The club also supports the local community with a full-time development officer and a number of programmes for children and young people in the area. They not only nurture young rugby players for the future but also take the mental health of everyone involved in the club very seriously, having sadly lost two young players through suicide in the past few years. However, they have introduced some really innovative ideas on how to help and support their young and not so young players. They have worked with Glasgow Warriors in looking at how to best support the mental health of their team and in the wider community. They were indeed one of the initial groups that founded the Stuary Mental Health Forum, which shares experiences and good practice across a range of rural communities. However, rugby brings us together. I am proud to say that I played my part in the Parliament rugby team, along with other MSPs and staff. I think that the Minister, Mary Todd and I, might still be joined honourary presidents of the club. We follow the sixth nation team each year playing our parliamentary colleagues from Westminster, the Welsh Assembly, the French Parliament and the Irish Parliament. I am actually wearing the Irish Parliament club tie today, and we have formed some really strong friendships across the parliamentary and political divide. That was well seen when, sadly, we lost David, a great friend to all of us, and the number of Irish players and politicians that came across to support David and his family. Indeed, David's family recognised the support of the Scottish Rugby and the Irish Rugby played in the sad events that took place in Dublin. Bringing the political divide together was no better portrayed than when we were in Dublin a few years back in the British embassy. The ambassador recognised that, at that rugby reception, it was the first time that the embassy had probably hosted every single party from across the island of Ireland. Indeed, rugby really does bring us back together. We have already heard of the work that the School of Hard Knocks and Clan Rugby does in the parliamentary team, which certainly supports that. My playing days at an international level may have been brought to a premature end by a severe lack of ability, but my experiences and the friendship that I have built through rugby—I know that of my friends, colleagues and my family—will never ever regret getting involved in rugby. I encourage everyone, if they do not already do so, to follow the national team and the Scottish Parliament team, because it is one of the best things that I have ever done. Thank you, Mr Carson. I now call Carol Mocken. Carol Mocken will be the last speaker before I ask the minister to respond to the debate. Up to four minutes, please, Ms Mocken. Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I also thank Douglas Slumstone for bringing another important debate to the chamber. Indeed, I echo the comments of colleagues and, on behalf of Scottish Labour, pay tribute to all those involved in Scottish Rugby for their efforts and successes over the past year, particularly given the adverse impact that the pandemic had on team sport here in Scotland. It is great to see that rugby in Scotland is looking as strong as ever. I would like to focus the beginning of my contribution on the successes of the Scottish Women's Rugby team, qualifying for the Women's Rugby World Cup, taking place later this year in New Zealand, as we have heard. That is a significant success for a multitude of reasons. First and foremost, it is the first time that the team has qualified for 12 years, which is a magnificent feat. I am sure that the whole Parliament, I know from the discussion, wishes the team well in their group stage fixtures against host nation New Zealand, Australia and Wales. However, it also has significance for the future of women's rugby and sport more generally. Like other sports, for years, rugby has been a male dominated scene, but by playing in the most prestigious of competitions representing our nation, their elite female athletes will be role models to so many young women and girls who might have an interest in sport. It is absolutely crucial that we show support through public awareness, another means when the tournament arrives later in the year and Brian's points were well made about it being seen and visual for people to be encouraged to take part. Given that we are marking the success, I also mentioned another south of Scotland team, Ayrshire Bulls Men, rugby side for the success nationally in the 2021 and indeed before the pandemic premiership. It is important to have strong voices for rugby in our own areas and I am proud in Ayrshire that we do. I am sure that it encourages local young people who aspire to be rugby players to take on and be successful. However, we know that, like other sports, not everyone enters rugby to become a professional and play at the highest of levels, but we also enjoy outdoor activity with friends to learn new skills and to keep fit. Therefore, it is absolutely right that the motion highlights the value of players, supporters, coaches and volunteers who make community rugby and community sport more widely what it is today. Without the coaches and volunteers, many weekly training sessions and matches across the country would not go ahead. It is important that we recognise them. I have a football referee in the team that I work with, and he said that I should mention how tough the referee's job is. We support the referees as well. There are so many contributing factors that make community sport work to the benefit of our physical and mental health, and it is right that we pay tribute to everybody who puts forward their own time. Having said that, we must not lose sight of the fact that, for many sport, it is inaccessible, and rugby, football and tennis clubs may be unaffordable for many. I hope that the minister will take that point on board, and Jackie Dunbar's point was well made. It is important that it is accessible and affordable for all. It is right that we have this debate to recognise the progress and success of Scottish Rugby at the highest level, but to also recognise the importance and influence of rugby at that grass-roots level. As the motion states, there are admirable organisations such as the School of Hard Knocks that use sport to overcome some of the challenges faced by the most vulnerable in our communities, but we need more from government and more intervention to focus our efforts on making sport very affordable and very accessible. I take the opportunity to once again pay tribute to the Scottish Rugby teams and wish them well for 2022-23. I now call on Minister Marie Todd to respond to the debate up to seven minutes. I thank Douglas Lumsden for bringing this motion to the Parliament this afternoon and also to everyone from across the chamber who contributed. As you will all know, I am a huge rugby fan, and indeed a player in our Parliament team. I am absolutely delighted to be closing this member's debate on behalf of the Scottish Government. Members across the chamber will also know that increasing the participation and the visibility of girls and women in sport is an absolute passion for me and a priority for the Scottish Government. I am therefore thrilled to congratulate the women's team for reaching the Rugby World Cup, which will take place in New Zealand later this year. It is an absolutely fantastic achievement, and I know that it is the culmination of a lot of hard work from all those involved in the team, not least the players themselves. I cannot wait to cheer them on, although the time difference is obviously going to be a challenge. I might just stay up all night. Scottish Rugby's announcement that they are committing to a minimum of 30 contracted rugby players following on from the Rugby World Cup is very welcome. That is going to be transformative for those players, as well as, hopefully, making the path easier for those who are following in their footsteps. Of course, it has been highlighted by many today in the chamber. It is fantastic to see the four-year strategy for women and girls rugby launched last week, aimed at developing and growing the game at every level. We know that there are significant physical, mental and I must emphasise the social benefits of physical activity. As minister, I want everyone to be able to benefit from sport and physical activity in the same way that I have been able to. I think that we mentioned a couple of daughters who play rugby. I know that Finn Carson's daughter has played rugby in the Parliament team, as has my daughter, who plays rugby. Far better than I do, as well. That means what we want to do if we want to get everybody playing and everybody benefiting, we have to remove the barriers, as Carol Mochan said. We have to remove those barriers that still exist to being physically active. Increasing participation and creating a pathway for absolutely every level in sport is key to achieving that. Of course, the men's international team has also had a successful year, impressing in the six nations with a highlight being that memorable victory over England in the very first game. Also of note was the men's performance in the autumn nation series matches, posting victories over Tonga and Japan and retaining the hoped-in cup with victory over Australia. The rugby 7's calendar is in full swing and I have very fond memories of very sociable summer tournaments that I attended in my younger playing days. I am sure that both the men's and women's 7's team will be looking forward to the competition at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. I am also very hopeful that I am going to get to watch some of the action when I am there. We have heard about lots of local domestic achievements from across the chamber today and congratulations go to any individual or team who have had success at any level. To answer Jackie Dunbar's specific question on Sport Scotland, their investments support a wide range of Scottish rugby activity that encourages and supports people to participate in rugby, including both club and coach development. Since 2014-15, Sport Scotland has invested over £5 million across 36 rugby projects through their sports facility fund. With partner contributions, the total invested in rugby facility infrastructure is over £24.5 million. Of course, they also promote rugby through the active schools programme, and there is direct club investment, which offers investment to support club development over a period of two to four years. Over £553,000 has been invested by Sport Scotland into 19 rugby clubs since 2013 through that programme. On her second point, I did ask about the Women in Sport media summit. That is an event that I am very keen to see progress at where in the early planning stages at the moment. However, many members around the chamber today have talked about the importance of the visibility of women in sport. I am determined that that summit should bring us a focus and help to improve the visibility of women in all aspects of sport. I am really delighted by the rise in the popularity of clan rugby and the opportunity for people to play in the same team irrespective of their disability. I was really pleased to hear about the success of Edinburgh Rugby's inclusive team who competed earlier this month in international mixed ability world championships in Cork and finished a highly credible tenth out of 28 teams. I know that I was not playing that day, but I know how much our own Parliament team absolutely loved playing clan rugby a couple of months ago and so much so that they hoped to make it an annual fixture. As I noted earlier, the key to a healthier nation is breaking down the barriers that exist to being more physically active and engaged in sport. Scottish Rugby's work with Sembo Scotland to welcome more people from Scottish minority ethnic communities to the game of rugby is therefore very welcome. I understand that these sessions incorporate contact, non-contact and walking rugby to allow people to enjoy the game in a way that they are comfortable and able. What we see time and time again is that sport really does change lives. The School of Hard Knocks charity demonstrates that through their use of rugby as a vehicle to tackle unemployment, to tackle crime and to tackle ill health. Working with those who may not usually have had the opportunity to participate, participants gain skills to become physically active and therefore boost their confidence and ultimately their employability. Again, our Parliament team and many women parliamentarians from this chamber have played against women who have graduated from that programme. We thoroughly enjoyed it. I am desperately keen, as ever, to encourage more of my colleagues to join in, and I can promise you a completely inspiring time. I am glad that the motion references volunteers because rugby and, in fact, all sports could not operate without a dedicated army of volunteers. I want to put on record my sincere thanks to everyone who volunteers, which enables everyone else to enjoy the sport that they love. While it has been a successful year on the pitch, we have seen some tragedy off it, and I want to pay tribute to two particular players. Back in November, we tragically lost Scotland's women's international Siobhan Categin at the age of just 26 years of age, a terrible loss for someone so young and who was playing absolutely at the top of her game. Then, in March, the Scottish Parliament lost one of our own, with the sad passing of David Hill. David was highly regarded throughout the Parliament, and he was described as a loving rugby more than politics. I am sure that everyone in the chamber and throughout the rugby global family would join me in passing our thoughts and condolences to the families of Siobhan and David. To conclude, I am delighted that rugby continues to provide opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in a form of rugby that allows them to be physically active and enjoy meeting people who share the love of the same sport at every level, from grass roots to elite, the increase in people playing and watching rugby continues to grow. As minister responsible for sport, I will continue to offer my support to Scottish rugby and wish everyone at all levels good luck for the summer and next season. That concludes the debate, and I suspend this meeting until 1.30, just under eight minutes away.