On today's Across The Continent, we're taking a look at clubs who have had surprising starts to their league campaigns and asking the question, are we BUYING or SELLING their position?

We debate the bright falls of Brighton, Lazio, Cagliari, Augsburg, Elversberg, Alavés, and Paris FC, then bring a couple of smaller-league teams to your attention, including Belgium's Sporting Charerloi, Turkey's Amed SK, Hungary's Vasas SC, and Albania's FK Teuta Durrës.

We also highlight a couple of struggling clubs in Tottenham, Fiorentina, and Marseille.

Then, Maxwell discusses the insane parity in La Liga's midtable – a featured carried over from last season – with 8 clubs all level on 8 points through 8 rounds of fixtures. What's real and what's not in this group, and who is likely to separate?

And finally, David tells us about Australian cup winners South Melbourne FC, a historic club, controversially cut off from the Aussie A League. How did they upset first division clubs en route to their triumphant victory in the final? And why are they joining the new Oceanic division?

Cheers to Sinisa Cohadzic!

Chapters:

00:00 – the start

01:39 – teams we're buying & selling

18:50 – clubs outside the top 5 leagues

23:30 – clubs off to terrible starts

30:58 – Maxwell's topic | La Liga midtable parity

34:09 – David's topic | South Melbourne FC's cup triumph

Today, we round up all the most interesting developments from the new, extended international break.

We've had a long three weeks without domestic football, but many interesting things are afoot on the national-team scale.

We begin in Europe, where many new coaches have taken over post-World Cup. We do quick hits on Klopp's Germany, Xavi's Netherlands, Zidane's France, as well as Italy, Croatia, Belgium, and Scotland. And yes, we talk about the very silly Ronaldo situaiton...

Then we discuss goings-on in other other continents, including Messi's farewell to Argentina, the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals, and Africa's usual chaos.

Finally, we close on a sort-of-serious segment on what's happening down in Oceania. Hail Fiji!

Cheers to Stéphane Auvray!

Chapters:

00:00 – the start

03:06 – UEFA | Germany

05:32 – The Netherlands

10:01 – France

14:01 – Croatia

17:42 – Portugal & Ronaldo

25:09 – Italy

30:04 – Belgium & Scotland

33:53 – South America & CONCACAF

38:53 – Africa & Asia

42:34 – Oceania

It's our very first edition of ACROSS THE CONTINENT's intended format!

Every Monday, we will discuss a shared topic demanding our attention across the footballing word. Then, each of us will bring a surprise subject to present to the other.

This week, we have no choice but to tackle Manchester City as the main story, after it was announced they've been found guilty of nearly all 115 charges leveled against them.

David the lawyer breaks down exactly what those charges stipulate, then we debate the merits of potential punishments, as well as the affect this will have on the legacy of Pep Guardiola and his players.

We then turn our attention to the current international break. First, David updates us on the 12 new coaches hired by UEFA nations since the World Cup. Then Maxwell points to the shifting balance of power in the 2nd tier of CONCACAF, from Central American to Caribbean teams.

Cheers to Dick Advocaat!

Chapters:

00:00 – the start

02:16 – overview of charges against Man City

09:25 – potential punishments

17:42 – how will this affect legacies?

20:50 – David's topic | 12 new coaches in UEFA

28:19 – Maxwell's topic | balance of power shifting in CONCACAF?