The Pies are on the ropes in season 2021 on the back of a disastrous trade period (we don't need to tell you again who they offloaded).

We continue our โ€˜Five trade targets for every clubโ€™ series withย Collingwood.ย The idea of these stories is to identify potentially gettable targets who could fill roles, not just link every club to the likes ofย Marcus Bontempelliย andย Patrick Cripps.

FIVE TRADE TARGETS FOR:ย Adelaide Crows,ย Brisbane Lions, Carlton

The club is likely a little strapped for cash and draft assets, particularly given how many draft points they will need to acquire father-son prospect Nick Daicos.

However, it is possible that they still could make a couple of smaller moves during this year's trade period, or find ways to offload more salary to try and land a bigger fish.

With this, here are the five players, in no particular order, who the Pies should be targeting this trade period.

3. Sam Taylorย 

Sam Taylor has established himself as one of GWS' best defenders over the course of his short career. The 22-year-old is a great user of the ball to springboard attack from defence, and his height and strength makes him formidable in the air.

Collingwood are in need of another tall key defender to give some assistance to Darcy Moore down back and to eventually replace Jordan Roughead and Taylor could be the perfect fit. Despite being from Western Australia, he could be tempted into making the move further down south to become a mainstay in the Pies' defence.