ADELAIDE skipper Nathan van Berlo is confident star duo Patrick Dangerfield and Kurt Tippett will remain with the Crows and pilot the club to sustained success.

Victorian-born Dangerfield and Gold Coast-raised Tippett will be out of contract at season's end, prompting a frenzy of inquiries from opposition clubs to their management companies.

Both have been key figures in the Crows' resurgence this year, with midfielder Dangerfield averaging 26 disposals and forward/ruckman Tippett tallying 15.14.

"I've got every confidence in those two that they're pretty keen to stay around the footy club and hang around for some success in the future," van Berlo told 3AW on Wednesday night.

"There's been a lot of speculation but we've been working hard over pre-season in establishing not only a consistent game plan, but a culture that hopefully the boys want to be a part of - not only (for) those two but also the rest of the young guys we've got from interstate.

"With the group we've got at the moment, if we're able to keep it together for a few years ahead then we can build some sustained success."

The captain said his side's 50-point demolition of Geelong at AAMI Stadium on Saturday had been a watershed moment for the team.

"We proved to ourselves last week that if we play the sort of footy that we're capable of then we can certainly mix it with any opposition, because Geelong have certainly got some quality and they know how to win and have been up around the best in the comp for a long period of time now," van Berlo said.

"It's just instilling in the boys that our game plan works."

He said Sunday's clash with Carlton at Etihad Stadium would be another "great test".