Yes, that's right froce, it's that time of the season again! As always, these are entirely my opinions, I put my team top and we came 7th last season, so don't be mad if i rank you lowe. These teams are more closely matched than almost any season that I remember, with no obviously weak teams (once sea is benched).

1) TAGENHAM AND REKTBRIDGE

Last time hypo, strat, and nub were on a team, strat got 32 caps in 157 mins, and got a /- of 41. If nub can shake of whatever rust he has, and strat can be motivated, this team could go huge. Hypo is fresh off his best season yet and his second championship, and the trade for failed made this team a lot stronger, assuming he gets back into the swing of things. Gofio did well alongside start in s5, so hopefully he'll be a good sub if strat or nub bail/are too rusty, but he may also have some rust, so we'll see.

2) BLOCKA JUNIORS

Nube and Green are the best individual players now that Sam- and Sherra are out, so putting them on the same team might possibily maybe be a good thing. Battosay has been a borderline majors player since he started but never got the bump up properly, only on the failing Atleticap and a brief stint last season (where he did decently), so this could be a great chance for the Frenchman to show he's capable. Sensei had a great season last season, improving hugely from even the off season, and just played alongside Nube on Salt City in NF. Poukie has majors experience and is always solid, so if Sensei isnt working out, he'll be able to dive in.

3) STAND-ON-RE LIEGE

A lot of solid 2 way players on this team so this is my best guess at the ideal line-up. Sea had a great breakthrough season alongside Berlin last season, grabbing 40 caps, and okthen has been solid for a couple of seasons a playoffs, getting to his second final last season. On the D side, you have Heisy, GrammarJew, and piggeh. Heisy wanted to play O, but I doubt he will on this team, so he'll be back as a defender, where he's a top 5 this season. Grammar is a very solid player that has been minors for a couple of seasons because of his availability, but will easily carry on in majors if he makes game, although he may only be able to play G1 and G2H1, as he is restricted to 0 minutes after 9bst (although i suspect there will be a bit of leway if he's mid game lol). Piggeh is another great 2 way player, but IMO is much stronger on O, so i suspect he'll be the sub rather than starter, and will play whenever Grammar isnt available.

4) HAMMARBALL IF

In a show of how close the teams are in terms of talent, I have the playoff winning offence down in 4th place. TDD and weis put up a great season, with weis finally showing that he's light enough for Hypo to carry. Dyballa had an excellent debut season, coming straight into majors (well, sort of, he played some minors first). Kutre described him as the best partner he's had to date. With him is Fred_, who hasnt played since S5, but he had back to back seasons of being the top returner, and got most prevent in s5 and second most in s4. Playing with him in pubs, he's not as good as he was, but he's still majors worthy. Once he has some organised scrims and practice again, he could easily get back on form, which would push this team up a couple of positions. In the sub corner, we have Al. He just won the minors championship, the next logical step is majors. Poor lad is stuck on a team with both majors champions. We might see him push out weis, but I doubt it. He might ask for a trade, but if not the he's a fantastic sub to have and puts the minors team in a great position.

5) POPPENHAM HOTSPURS

Mpuddi is back! And finally captaining! And I think he's got himself a good team. He's obviously great, and one of the nicest balls out there, and he's got dets as his partner. dets finally had a proper breakout season, being a good two way 5th man since s1 (and doing well in majors s2), so it was great to see him valued so highly in the auction. Nubes favourite partner so far apparently, a very smart player. Booya is a strong starting point for a defence, although he was a bit demotivated last season and a bit laggy. Hopefully the lag is sorted, and being on a team full of nice people and aty will get him motivated again. As his partner you have Aty, who put up strong numbers in the time he played last minors season. He's an aggressive player, so he may not partner too well with Booya, although I'm not too worried. If he does suck, Dave is a capable and calm defender who can let booya do his thing while he just contains any mistakes. Or dets could switch to D and Dave on O.

6) SKRUB BRUGGE

Osy got a lot of top O players. SIG had a great S8, getting to the finals again, and this season he has another American partner, one who had a better season than his last one, although admittedly with Sam and Sherra. Theyve also got Dead, who has no mumble, but 15 is still super cheap for him. I can see Dead going D simply because I think he's stronger than EASHY and having him and osy with sig and hat on O is stronger than sig and dead with osy and eashy. I also dont see hat, sig or dead being content with staying on a team where they're being pushed to minors. Osy himself had another very solid minors season, this time on D, and got the chance to play some majors as well, where he performed very well. As a sub they have EASHY, who had a strong minors season in the two weeks he played, putting up slightly lower NISH than his partner Jiminy, but still having a very strong season,.

7) ROLL MADRID

If I'm honest I dont really understand why kutre would go O. He's solid, but he needs a strong partner IMO. However, he's improved since his last O season, and his D this season is a hell of a lot better, so it could be a smart move with how much hold he had in S6. He's got one of the strongest defences, with ethce and unvrs both being very solid, and balancing each other well, and then he picked up two strong minors players in Jerry. and Jim. Jim is strong on D, but is decent on O, and Jerry did very well and is ready for the jump to majors. Jim wants to stay minors but could be a good sub if needed. Personally I could see an unvrs-Mr. Hat or Jim Jimson-AlHarrngton trade going. If he trades unvrs he'd be on D and this would easily be the strongest D in the league, but we'll see.

8) THE BALL BLACKS

The Ball Blacks have the tried and tested O of Berlin and 4am, and the untried and untested D on mP and zeeres. Zeeres had a solid season in novice last season, and has been called the next zwng, while mP is the smartest offensive player in the game and a good all rounder. I haven't seen much of his defensive abilities, so I'm staying sceptical for now on how he'll Do. Berlin and 4am partnered in S7 to get 85 caps and a /- of 37, but that was with a much, much stronger defence of ethce and Green. Both are very good flag carriers and cappers, but if the flag isnt home they'll have trouble. This team rests on mPs defensive skills IMO. lume is also here after a decent season in minors last season. She's got a lot of potential, but whether she'll be playing or subbing will depend on zeeres living up to his hype.

So yeah, that's my thoughts, these are almost certainly wrong with how close the teams are so sorry kutre and NZ, someone had to be bottom.