The season is a little over halfway over, so Jack and AJ talk about the best 11 players of the top 5 leagues and the major storylines that defined the season so far in the Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and La Liga!

Topics Covered:

1. Best XI + very brief honorable mention list
2. Mid-Season Review
3. USMNT get second place in World Cup Qualifiers
4. Mo Salah’s Form and Harry Kane being sad (Lukaku too)
5. Barcelona’s economic troubles
6. Vinicius Junior + Benzema lead Real to glory
7. The perennial favorites don’t break strides - Manchester City, Bayern Munich, PSG
8. Messi + Ronaldo Struggle
9. Covid-19 postponements
10. France recover from a rough summer to win the Nations League
11. PSG re-Assert their Dominance, but Lille fall off while Nice shock many
12. A New Northern powerhouse in Serie A, as Inter, AC Milan, and Atalanta impress + Juventus struggle 
13. Big 3 of goal scorers in Bundesliga feature a summer standout in Patrick Schick (and of course Haaland and Lewandowski)
14. Man United struggle BADLY, but who’s to blame?  The manager(s), FO, players, or something else?
15. Rayo Vallecano are the surprise standouts or La Liga this season

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