Freo moved to a 6-1 record after their first win on the Lions’ home ground in 15 years, but Harvey wanted to keep things in check in his post-match press conference.
“We probably play the best side in the competition next week,” he said with an eye to Friday night’s clash against Collingwood.
“There’s a lot of unknown (in this year's competition) ... seems to be a lot of things that go right or wrong very quickly. At the moment, it would be fair to say, we’re making the most of it.”
Harvey described the 13-point win as “significant” taking into account the travel and six-day break after last week’s win over West Coast.
“A lot of things went our way tonight. They got a couple of injuries before the game and during the game so all that helps and you take it while you can,” he said.
“It’s always difficult to beat Brisbane at their home venue. They hadn’t been beaten up here until tonight.
“It’s the self belief amongst the playing group. For the club to do it for the first time, it’s a milestone, but it doesn’t mean a hell of a lot going forward.”
Harvey praised smooth-moving midfielder Stephen Hill, who had 32 touches, along with Nathan Fyfe and Chris Mayne.
He was particularly pleased with big defenders Chris Tarrant and Luke McPharlin, who kept Jonathan Brown and Brendan Fevola to one and three goals respectively.
“I think the way the two defenders took on the big boys down there was pleasing,” he said.
“Our ability to be able to sustain and tackle was very good. We were right on them and didn’t let them have too much time with their ball movement.”
Harvey lamented Fremantle’s inaccuracy, which threatened to cost the visitors victory when the Lions roared back into contention in the final quarter.
“That’s the problem when you’re on the road - you need to be accurate, you need to have a high tackle count and you need to win contested ball. We had two out of three, but we just couldn’t capitalise and put in a big enough space.
“Hence when you play a team at home and the crowd gets behind them and they feel like they’re still in the game it can be easy for them to get back into the game at home.”
Harvey said he would likely make four or five changes for the Collingwood match “because of the trip and the group”.
Antoni Grover and Nick Suban would come into calculations among others, he said.
