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I think this is now a three horse race for one play off position. Tooting and Dorking were gone long ago and unless they have a complete melt down, and that is hard to believe with the finances they have at their disposal, then Greenwich are there also. And finally Corinthian appear to be the form team with a win at Cray followed by two comfortable wins over both Dorking and Greenwich, meaning they have now opened a nice four point gap and they finish the season Chipstead, Walton Casuals, Godalming at home. A win over Hastings next Saturday will almost guarantee the play off spot.

That leaves five possible teams vying for one spot. Carshalton, Hythe, South Park, Lewes and the U's.

Yes they keep picking up points, but I am discounting South Park. Three games a week for rest of the season for a team like South Park and their resources. History just tells you they are going to hit a brick wall and with games coming up against Lewes, Hythe, Tooting, Dorking and Hastings I am confident they will not catch up.

Then we have Lewes who were surprisingly beat at Godalming on Saturday. They have by far the most difficult run in and they have not really looked capable all season of going on a six or seven game winning run. Their run in is as follows;

H - East Grinstead, Faversham, Corinthian, Hastings

A - South Park, Greenwich, Carshalton, Chatham

That looks really tough for Lewes and they are probably going to need to win five or six of those games, so I am perhaps foolishly discounting them.

So that leaves three, Carshalton, Hythe and Hastings. Carshalton one point ahead, with Hastings and Hythe having one game in hand. Hythe have the toughest run in, just, over Hastings whilst Carshalton have the easiest with six very winnable games.

Hastings - H - Molesey, Walton Casuals, Chipstead       A - Corinthian, Godalming, Cray, South Park, Lewes

Carshalton - H - Three Bridges, Herne Bay, Lewes, East Grinstead     A - Guernsey, Sittingbourne, Tooting

Hythe - H - Corinthian, Whytleafe, Chatham     A - Molesey, Guernsey, South Park, Dorking, Horsham

In the Observer Darren claims Hastings need 19 points from a possible 27, make that now 24. That is six wins and a draw from their last eight, which I think is about right. A point at both Corinthian and Lewes and then six wins from the remainder?. That is tough and although I expect three comfortable home wins, our away fixtures mixed with our very ordinary away form makes it look increasingly difficult.

I am keeping everything crossed in the JW household and really hope we can pull it off, but despite their fairly average form at present, I would put Carshalton in the box seat unless of course we win at Corinthian. If we pull that off then suddenly we will be the favourites.