ADAM Simpson can't quite put his finger on West Coast's recent run of form but the numbers suggest his new game plan, predicated on better ball movement, may be taking shape.

There were high expectations for the Eagles this year under the first-year coach. West Coast swept all before them through the pre-season and the opening three rounds as Simpson implemented his own style based on a new way of moving the ball, undoubtedly influenced by his time at Hawthorn as an assistant coach.

But a mid-season slump led to questions about the playing list, particularly the midfield depth, and the task confronting Simpson and his young coaching staff looked a daunting one.

Suddenly, after convincing wins over Adelaide and Collingwood, the Eagles are back in finals contention and the future appears bright.

Over the last two rounds West Coast has been number one in the AFL for total disposals, disposal differential, uncontested possessions, uncontested possession differential, scoring once inside 50, and second for total points and inside 50s.

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Simpson quite rightly pointed out on Thursday that two impressive performances in a row was hardly an achievement, describing them instead as ‘events’ and imploring his players to create a pattern.

But one stat that does stand out is scoring once inside 50, because it correlates directly with Simpson's game plan.

The Eagles have been 10^th overall in this statistical category, suggesting they have been breaking down when moving the ball forward and failing to capitalise on entries through either poor execution, poor decision-making or poor forward line movement.

Simpson won’t get carried away with the numbers over the past two weeks but he said improvements had been made in that area.

"I've questioned our forward line and their performances this year," he said.

"Obviously it goes hand in hand with delivery as well, so they have had good delivery the last few weeks. I don't think we took too many marks inside 50 last week against Collingwood (nine), but the flow was pretty good and we used the ball pretty well.

"But once again, I think we won the contested ball by 20-odd (27) and when we do that we are going to be every chance."

The coach has stated that he is not overly focused on the Eagles' hunt to play finals. He has simply asked his players to stay the course and maintain consistency, particularly around winning contested ball in the midfield.

He did reveal he is excited about the age profile of his list and what it might be able to deliver in the next couple of years.

"The excitement for me is probably the age of our list to be honest," Simpson said.

"We've got five or six players hopefully that re-sign with us the next few weeks. They're 22 (years old) and our top end players outside of Matt Priddis are pretty young as well.

"So our list profile is quite young. I didn't realise that until I got here, the talent that we do have at the younger age group."

The names Simpson is alluding to are Scott Lycett, Andrew Gaff and Jack Darling. It is the clearest indication yet that all three are poised to sign new contracts.

Nic Naitanui, Shannon Hurn, Jeremy McGovern, Brad Sheppard, Callum Sinclair, Mark Hutchings and Brant Colledge have all re-signed already this season.