Footy is a passion, not some cold hearted, spread sheet dominated rational exercise.

On a Monday you want irrational reaction. You want emotion to trump reason.

What you really want is idiotic hysteria.

You've come to the right place.

Adelaide (76) v Collingwood (55)

Obviously the transition to Nathan Buckley has been a complete disaster and Collingwood are spiraling out of control. Sort of.

It was fun to have this game on a Thursday night, so we could all rub salt in the wounds of Magpie coworkers while the wound was still fresh. A very rare scheduling win for the AFL.

The return of Tex Walker has enormous parallels with the resurrection of Jesus Christ, except this one has more relevance for the Crows’ Finals chances.

It was a miracle this performance. The Crows looked terrible against Melbourne but seemed to remember that trying is necessary to win AFL games.

The added bonus about all this was the fact the difficulty hearing the siren played no part in the result but really annoyed Eddie McGuire. Good clean fun.

Essendon (64) v Sydney (114)

Who knew that being under the pressure of a two-year government investigation could impact your footy?

Pretty much everyone but that didn't stop some ‘experts’ coming out last week and pointing out the bleeding obvious.

The thing here is I can't see it ending for some time. I know some Essendon fans will burn down my house for saying this but Hird returning isn't going to shorten this saga.

Sydney are starting to look dangerous.

It's as if having extra money to attract star players gives you some sort of edge. Counter intuitive I know.

Richmond (74) v Melbourne (91)

Oh Richmond. This was your day and you blew it. The Richmond faithful have every right to be angry.

We are way past microwave jokes and thoughts of ninth. This is a Richmond team that isn't playing for each other.

Sure, if they'd kicked straight they might have won but you have to actually do that and they were behind on pressure all day.

When I have a son, I'm going to name him Paul Roos.

It will be a little weird having a different surname, which could make child care pickup confusing for all involved but it’s worth it.

I'm going to call it early, Paul Roos is a better coach than Mark Neeld.

Apart from knowing what he is doing, he also doesn't conduct post match media conferences like a man who is unraveling before your eyes. A pleasant change for Dees fans.

North Melbourne (125) v Brisbane (38)

North got the job they needed to get done, done. Never a sure thing with the Kangaroos.

Majak Daw showed why he is in the paper all the time, it turns out he plays AFL football.

Brisbane may not be very good. I know it's an early call.

Justin Leppitsch said his side made too many 'school boy errors'. That may be true, if you choose a group of the least athletic schoolboys you could find and then made them play blindfolded.

Things are so bad at the Lions that Leppitsch must wish he was back at Richmond. Yes, Richmond.

Fremantle (96) v Geelong (64)

This game looked a good one on paper. I even wrote down on a piece of paper ‘this game looks good.’

Unfortunately, Freo grabbed hold of this one early and didn’t look back.

The Dockers looked nothing like the disinterested team they’ve been for most of the season.

If only Pavlich could play his 300th game every game, preferably on Grand Final day for Ross Lyon.

I’m waiting for a ‘counting error’ that means they can do it again.

Not to overreact but Geelong need to sack Brad Scott.

I’m aware he doesn't coach them but it would provide real motivation to Chris.

“Look what we did to your brother and he doesn't even work for us. You better lift.”

St Kilda (87) v Gold Coast (125)

So 37 possessions and kicking four goals is a good effort I’m led to believe. Gary Ablett Jr seems to do these sort of things so regularly you almost get used to it.

Playing AFL for Gary, must be like playing FIFA on too easy a setting. It’s fun but a part of you wonders what the point is.

So St Kilda seem to be pretty bad yeah? In fairness, they were playing the team that has been given almost every good young player in the country.

That said, the Saints also lost to Brisbane.

Alan Richardson said his team was looking forward to the bye. I bet they are. They may need to have a bye every week until that Premiership they’re going to win before 2020 that they promised.