GWS may have thrashed West Coast by 81 points, but coach Adam Kingsley feels his side still has more work to do to win a maiden AFL premiership.
Kingsley admitted he had viewed their round-four fixture against the winless Eagles as a "danger game" despite going on to win 20.12 (132) to 7.9 (51) at Engie Stadium on Sunday.
Left smarting after a defeat to Hawthorn last round, the Giants led from start to finish with Jesse Hogan kicking a career-best equalling nine goals on the way to their third win of the season.
"I reckon they're danger games," Kingsley said.
"They've travelled across the country, they haven't won a game, they've been competing really well but they haven't been getting the results.
"And you kind of go, well, 'Jeez, if we don't show up, it could be a tough day'.
"They had a really strong patch against the Lions in the first half two weeks ago, and we knew that if we allowed them to dictate that, then it would be a tough game for us.
"We kind of found that out in the third quarter, to be fair."
Tiding up their defensive structure will be top of the agenda for GWS are they prepare for their Gather Round fixture against St Kilda.
"I still don't think it was perfect - not that it ever is going to be," Kingsley said.
"I thought in the second half, we probably overused the ball with a little bit too much handball, a little bit too rushed, didn't sort of win the contest.
"We are conceding too many entries, and we know that - another 55 (inside-50s to West Coast) today.
"That has to reduce if we want to become a team that is a legitimate finals contender, in my view."
While Hogan led the way among eight different Giants goalscorers, defender Lachie Whitfield (31 disposals, 23 kicks) and midfielder Tom Green (33 disposals, 20 handballs) also dominated for the home side.
Star recruit Jake Stringer also impressed off the ball in his second game for the club, despite missing opportunities to score his first Giants goal.
He flaunted his class with a quick-thinking tap to help Darcy Jones (two goals) open the scoring.
"I'm more pleased than what I thought I would be (of Stringer)," he said.
"He can play a variety of positions that can allow him to be more dangerous, or release to others like Jesse (Hogan).
"That gives me a lot of hope around our forward mix. We're going to be hard to play on ahead of the ball."
