A look at the cream

Breaking news 8888 Week 33 scores
7 weeks to go - where has the season gone eh? The race for the title looks won. Will Suzie become our first ever lady winner? Although Brett Davey did win it one year mind!

Suzie is 89 points ahead of the field but some of the chasing teams have transfers banked and will one of them break from the 8-strong pack and give Suze a run for her money?

The most likely looks like fantasy veteran Chris Waterman. There is a small gap now between his Californication and PK's Rushden & Doggers in 3rd. Rob Munden, of course better known for wanking in front of the window cleaner, has had a series of good seasons culminating in last season's 7th place finish. Barry Paull, Ben Graves and Mark Simmons also all finished in last years top 7 and both have the fantasy ability to put serious points on the board - proven in week 33.

Godders slipped back last week but can never be underestimated and then we have Glenn Francis who in the last two years has completely flunked the run-in. This time however he has a host of transfers remaining. Watch out for Glenn in 8th now.

That leaves us the two outsiders, and they are only outsiders because they are a bit unknown in the N&R world. We do know that Catherine and Karen put together an excellent run last season to win the secondary Championship prize and a similiar run in the last 7-weeks will push them into the big prizes again.

And then we have our own Irish charm, Hilary Ryan. Whatever happens she has had a fantastic season and derserves to be in there challenging.

Beyond these characters there is another 6 teams I would say who could all barge into the top 10. Out of these I reckon previous champion Plummer has what it takes and so does last year's runner-up Wenners.

Sweaty, Dewberry, Kennett and Francey are all a bit inconsitent for me. We need more application. Sweaty's too busy decorating, Dewbs to busy clearing up Cryer's e&o's, Kennett too busy pretending to be busy and Francey too busy sorting his barnet out.