It hasn’t taken long for Tim Kelly’s silky skills to shine through at West Coast, but his selflessness isn’t going unnoticed by skipper Luke Shuey either.

Kelly was in sizzling touch during a 66-point dismantling of an understrength Collingwood, racking up game-highs for disposals (29), metres gained (528), clearances (six) and goal assists (three).

He also drilled a major and went at nearly 90 per cent disposal efficiency, saving his best display in blue and gold so far for his first home game in front of Eagles fans.

Kelly's performance against the Pies continued an excellent run of form for the prized recruit, who has been a key midfield cog during West Coast’s four-consecutive victories and hit top gear on Sunday.

“We’re certainly really pleased, particularly with his last few weeks, he’s been unbelievable for us,” Shuey told 6PR post-match.

“We don’t try and let one guy run the show in there, we realise that to be a good midfield and in-turn a good side we all need to carry a bit of the load.

“But TK’s footy probably the last month, I think towards the end of the hub up in the Gold Coast he started to really find his feet and adjust to a really new system.

“We’re completely different to Geelong. Really impressed with what he’s been able to do.

“We’re seeing a really selfless side to him as well.

“His team defence and what he’s doing when he hasn’t got the ball he’s just come so far in that area, and that’s putting him in good stead.”

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JULY 26: Tim Kelly of the Eagles looks to pass the ball during the 2020 AFL Round 08 match between the West Coast Eagles and the Collingwood Magpies at Optus Stadium on July 25, 2020 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Will Russell/AFL Photos)

Returning from a two-week lay-off nursing a hamstring injury, Shuey was another Eagle close to the top of his game against the Pies.

The skipper had 19 quality touches and two game-busting passages of play – the first a slicing give-and-go with Jamie Cripps before delivering to Josh Kennedy during the second term, before a smother and lace-out delivery to Oscar Allen in the third.

Shuey was close to playing in the RAC Derby triumph before erring on the side of caution and pulled up well from his comeback game.

“I think mentally I probably wasn’t overly confident to do the things you need to do on-ball and that’s accelerate, hit your top speed, chase, change of direction – all that sort of stuff, so we made the decision to pull out,” he said.

“It pulled up really well. I think we made the right call not playing last week.

“It was a good performance from the boys (against Collingwood). We were pleased with a lot of what we did, and there are still some areas we’d like to improve on, which we showed that first quarter-and-a-half, but I thought after that it was a reasonably complete performance.”