The Suns seem to have been a bit wayward in season 2021, showing glimpses of promise but struggling for a majority of the time.
Injuries to key players hasn't helped at all, but many would expect there would still be a bit of progression in 2021. It might be time for Stuart Dew to look to the market to remedy some of his sides' shortfalls.
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We continue our ‘Five trade targets for every club’ series with the Gold Coast Suns.
The idea of these stories is to identify potentially gettable targets who could fill roles, not just link every club to superstars, the likes of Marcus Bontempelli or Patrick Cripps.
In no particular order, here are five players which the Suns recruitment team would do well to target and potentially poach.
3. Daniel Talia
The Crows tall defender seemingly has been at the club forever, but will become a free agent at the end of this year.
Talia has been a stalwart of the Crows defence for the best part of a decade, and has been a consistent performer for the West Lakes side.
Defender
He's played every game in 2021 and has been putting up some great numbers, averaging 5.3 spoils per game as well as 3.7 contested one on ones, above average numbers for a defender.
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The 29-year-old is also very adept by foot, averaging 80.1% disposal efficiency so far this year. His free agency means he would be considerably easier to get for Stuart Dew's side, and he would immediately slot in as a set of steady hands down in the Gold Coast defence.
