Also one of your very close rivals for relegation has 3 chips left to play!

Exactly! I saw that and he didn't play a chip this week either so he's got 3 chips for 2 Gameweeks. My guess, is that he's made a mistake and thinks that he can Wildcard and Bench Boost at the same time... or... he's just chillin'

Fortunately for me, my GW37 opponent has played his Bench Boost already. So there's definitely hope. But it's the hope that gets you in the end.