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My thread “who is the best team not to go back to back” thread on the main board. Ohhhh. How sweet was that thread…
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The best teams at NOT going back to back
We often talk about the great dynasty teams etc which can get very boring as it’s obvious who they are My question is a little more nuanced - which teams are the best NOT to go back to back? I’m going to start with Hawthorn 2015. To this day it shits me. What are your thoughts/examples?
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Even their first premiership was won because we deigned to finally join the league that year.
I also think you can avoid a few tautological phrases here and there. 'Enter into' can just be left as 'enter' and in the last paragraph, you talk about CJ putting himself forward for the seasons opener against last years grand finalists, the Sydney Swans, in the opening round of the AFL season'. Everything after Sydney Swans is redundant and can just be left out, I reckon, because you've already established it's the opening round.
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'Enter into' or 'entering into' is not a tautology and was a correct use of English the way Newmo89 included it in the article.
Entering into his 9th season says the same thing as entering his 9th season. What does 'into' add here? How do you enter anything without going into it?!
Anyway I'm sure most readers of this thread aren't interested in a grammar debate so happy to leave the last response to you so we don't clog the real conversation with this stuff!
Ned Ryerson
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There is a difference between the two statements and Newmo89 used it correctly - don't believe me, feel free to google it. As someone on a writing forum put it succinctly:
To summarise:
enter can normally replace go into/come into (example: he went into/entered the room). This refers to a location. But it could be joining a process that is already going on (example: he was late in entering the discussion).
enter into can mean to start/embark on/conclude (example: France entered into a treaty with Algeria (alternatives: concluded/agreed/made a treaty).
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CJ is like so many players on our list, who can play mutiple roles.
I dare say he will get first crack in the side in the pre season.
As a defender or the defensive hard running winger is up for debate.
If he plays back i expect to see Amon go back to the wing rotating with D'Ambrosio.
The other wing comes down to the team structure Cj,Wedddle,Finn could all play the role.
Ward is the other solid option, that could be asked to play inside or out.
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I’m not entering into this discussion but I have arguably entered it.
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He goes all right on the wing does Harry.
Was good playing that link up wingman in the finals games.
It's uncanny.
