As the bull market turns three-years-old, CNBC's Jim Cramer said on Friday that he expects companies to post "better than expected" earnings to continue the market's rally.

"The bears will hold their nose, hide their eyes and disengage their brains once again as next week progresses, because it should be another good one for earnings," Cramer said. "And earnings, not anything else, are what really drive stocks lower. Or in this case, higher."

Cramer shared his "gameplan" looking ahead to next week's earnings. The week will start out by seeing what steel producer Cleveland Cliffs has to say about the "real" economy's health on Monday. Following the close will be Zions Bancorporation , a regional bank that disclosed bad loans on Wednesday. Cramer says he is intere

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