1. Crows aren’t out of the finals race yet. They looked like the pinpoint passing Adelaide of 2017 on Thursday night.

2. Patrick Cripps could play CHF if he wasn’t such a gun mid. Leads hard at the ball and clunks marks like a natural.

3. Brisbane’s future is so bright we need sunglasses. Rayner, McCluggage and Berry is a starting midfield to drool over.

4. Ben Brown could be lucky that Tom McDonald missed the start of the season. The former defender is a bonafide goal-kicking machine.

5. Nothing is going right for the Suns. Gold Coast’s loss to Essendon was their 11th in a row.

6. Toby Greene makes a world of difference to GWS. Well we knew this already, but seeing it happen over Richmond with the form they are in was another thing altogether.

7. We can go back to hyping up the Eagles. It was only injury that caused their mid season blues and their first win at the MCG over Collingwood since 1995 shows that.

8. Epic high scoring football is still possible in 2018. Thank you North Melbourne and Sydney for the display you put on today. One of the great games for the year.

9. Port Adelaide are still not to be trusted. Their best looks so good but the loss in Perth today was ugly. They need to sort out their inconsistencies before finals or they’re making an early exit again.