Geelong superstar Patrick Dangerfield is delivering exactly as coach Chris Scott hoped he would as captain after igniting the Cats from the midfield in Sunday's win against West Coast.

Dangerfield was the Cats' best player in a 47-point win on Sunday, finishing with 23 disposals, six clearances and six inside 50s at Adelaide Oval.

It was the manner of his midfield possessions, however, particularly in the first half, that impressed Scott, with the Brownlow medallist bursting forward often to also finish with a game-high four score assists.

"It's a rare, almost uncoachable ability that one, to take groundballs at such speed and be able to break away. That's him at his damaging best," Scott said.

"When you think of him intuitively playing his best footy, that's the sort of thing you think about.

"He's doing exactly what we had hoped he would do as captain."

While Dangerfield turned the game from the midfield in the first half with 10 contested possessions and four clearances, key forward Jeremy Cameron booted four goals to take the game out of West Coast's reach.

Champion goalkicker Tom Hawkins also finished with four, with Scott pleased with the veteran's progression after off-season foot surgery.

"We didn't expect him to be at his best in the first month, but we're confident that the plan we put in place is looking like it's on track," the coach said.

"That might have been hard to see in the first three weeks, but the signs we were seeing with the way he pulled up and the way his game was improving was a good sign for us."

After building a 77-point lead early in the third quarter and fading somewhat in the second half, which West Coast won by 17 points, Scott said he was not overly critical of his team's form after the main break. 

"When you have a good win like that it's the wrong way to look at it, picking the eyes out of the parts you're not happy with," he said.

"Even when you have good wins, you look back and think we need to adjust this or we didn't quite do certain bits right.

"They were able to get a bit of momentum at certain times. I tend to think it's more a product of even the teams that are not forecast to be towards the top of the ladder, they're going to have their moments.

"Everyone is pretty good. That's my observation."