I had a very solid squad last year but was never close enough despite being in the top 1000 pretty much the whole year, because I didn't have Parker till about round 7 or 8, having a captain consistently getting you 170-200 points is a massive advantage. Every year is different though, which this year will end up being.
In other news, Daly Cherry Evans scored a beastly 104 in Dreamteam.. I havn't got him though, am on 784 with Hurrell to play. Didn't realise Tony Williams missed the last 23 minutes of the match the other night either and still got a good score, he looks an absolute superstar this year... is playing as well as you would have possibly predicted him to.