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GW9 Thought Process: The man with a plan

Waiting for (my) chip season

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Filip Novák
Oct 23, 2025
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Alright, reader.

This one should be quite interesting.

Over the past few weeks, it feels like my FPL season has been mainly about surviving the onslaught of managers playing their chips. Nothing against using them, of course — I just haven’t had the chance to use mine yet (apart from GW6 Wildcard).

It’s not that I didn’t want to, but this might be the week when I have to pass up an opportunity to play Bench Boost for the 3rd time this season. You’ve guessed right, it’s due to another injury, this time Joachim Andersen’s. This will be one of the main topics in this week’s edition of Thought Process.

Also, I promised you I would discuss some specific players, such as Yankuba Minteh, Tijjani Reijnders, and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

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