Gold Coast already have eyes on a maiden AFL finals berth as they seek to continue their strong early-season form against red-hot Adelaide.
After two away wins to open the year, the Suns (2-0) face their sternest challenge yet when they welcome the Crows (3-0) to People First Stadium on Saturday.
But Damien Hardwick's men are brimming with confidence on the verge of matching the club's best-ever start to a season, set under Rodney Eade in 2016.
"We've been doing the things that we did in patches last year more consistently across the first two games," Suns spearhead Ben King told AAP.
"We had patches last year where we played to Dimma's system, but ultimately to have a successful year you have to do that for four quarters and you have to do it for a lot of the season.
"We've definitely got the cattle (to play finals) and we've had another year under Dimma where we've learnt the system and hopefully that will translate to more wins this year.
"But it's still early in the year and every team is hoping that they can play finals at this point. We've just got to show it with our actions now."
Standing in their way is a free-scoring Adelaide outfit that has booted a league-best 137 points per game and boasted an average winning margin of 53 points across the first month of the season.
The Crows have also become just the second team in AFL/VFL history - after West Coast in 1988 - to outscore their opponents in each of their first twelve quarters in a season.
"You can beat them a number of ways, but no doubt we'll be looking to stop their scoring," King said.
"I feel like we've got a really strong defensive group that are capable of doing that. That will be a big part of it."
Gold Coast's defence has held up well despite losing key pillar Charlie Ballard to a season-ending knee injury, giving up just 55.5 points per game in their wins over West Coast and Melbourne.
The Suns are on high alert for Adelaide's "three-headed monster" of Darcy Fogarty, Riley Thilthorpe and Taylor Walker, who combined for nine goals in round three.
But the Queensland outfit are also building their own version as King develops cohesion with inexperienced talls Ethan Read and Jed Walter in attack.
"I'm really confident in our mix of forwards at the moment," King said.
"Read and Walter have both had great off-seasons and taken another step in the pre-season.
"No doubt we'll get a lot of good footy from them this season and hopefully us three can put some big scores on the board.
"Over time you build connections with those around you and as a forward group we've got some young guys and new faces.
"The more footy we play together, the better we'll get."
Adelaide will be without Josh Rachele (ribs) and Matt Crouch (managed) for their trip north, recalling Luke Nankervis and Lachlan Murphy.
Gold Coast have regained small forward Ben Ainsworth (quad) and have left out Nick Holman.
