West Coast coach Andrew McQualter says the Eagles learnt a lot in their pre-season win over North Melbourne but conceded their new game style is still a “work in progress”.

The Eagles made a wasteful Kangaroos pay on the scoreboard, over-running the visitors with four goals to two in the final term to win 11.5 (71) to 9.15 (69) in Bunbury on Saturday.

It was an incredible victory considering they conceded 110 more possessions, seven inside 50s and eight scoring shots.

McQualter’s game style he’s brought in his first season at the helm of West Coast was evident but at times costly when it wasn’t executed well.

The Eagles have time to fix the issues though, with 15 days until they take on Gold Coast in their season opener at Optus Stadium.

McQualter said they wouldn’t overdo the preparation during the big gap between games as they look to get ready to play for premiership points.

“We’ll just treat it like a normal game. We’ll do our process of a review and then we’ll start our planning for the Gold Coast game,” he said.

“The beauty is we’re going to learn a lot and it’s going to take a long time before we get really elite at executing our gameplan and what we’re going after. It’s a work in progress but there are some good signs.

“There were parts of today that we liked and parts of today that we clearly didn’t get right which is what practice matches are about.”

McQualter said the disparity in the statistics didn’t concern him despite the Kangaroos midfielders racking up a lot of uncontested possessions.

“There’s a bit of game style in there. North play a certain way where they share the ball a lot and they were very good today,” he said.

“I’m not going to compare our midfielders to others in the competition, it’s a different game style.”

In good news for the Eagles, McQualter said star midfielder Elliot Yeo was “ahead of schedule” in his recovery from an ankle and knee injury he sustained in a match simulation last month.

But he wouldn’t put a timeframe on the dual All-Australian’s return.

“He’s going well, he’s probably just a touch ahead of schedule at this point,” McQualter said.

“He’s just started running but he’s still got a big block of work he’s going to have to complete to get himself ready to play.

“I’m sure he’ll be itching to try to get out there and help.”

North Melbourne assistant Xavier Clarke said the Eagles were going to “do some damage” this year after witnessing their new style.

“They’ve still got a great list, they’ve got great talent and on paper they’ve still got some really good players,” he said.

“They can do some damage this year, there’s no doubt.

“When you’ve got a new coach coming in sometimes it may take a little bit of time but I thought I saw evidence in their gameplan where they try to move the ball a bit quicker off turnover and defend that really well.”