Rory Sloane believes he and Patrick Dangerfield will soon tie themselves down to long contracts with the Adelaide Crows.
The 22-year-old midfielder made improvements in all statistical categories last season and has pushed his game to even further heights this season.
His play has been overshadowed by fellow midfielder Dangerfield, also 22, who was the talk of the AFL on Sunday night after a dominating performance in the Crows' 69-point drubbing of Carlton.
Sloane believes theirs is a partnership that could blossom for many years to come.
"We're both loyal people, we're both enjoying our footy over here at the moment and I know we both love the way Brenton (Sanderson) is handling things," Sloane said.
"It's a great feeling around the club and it's something that would be great to be involved in over the next couple of years.
"Hopefully we'll have something finalised soon."
Sloane put his career best form down to being fully fit at this stage of the season for the first time in his career.
"The last three years I've had an injury in the first six rounds," he said.
"Being able to string a few games together has definitely helped
"I barely missed a session pre-season and I think that's very important just to stay fit and healthy and get good run through in the legs."
Tags: sport, australian-football-league, adelaide-5000 First posted May 22, 2012 19:11:14