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 โ€˜Five trade targets for every clubโ€™ 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.

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1. Sam Weideman

The final man whose name is set to be thrown around a lot this coming trade period is Melbourne big man, Sam Weideman.

Weideman has already been linked to the Suns in recent times, and would be a great fit for Stuart Dew's side should he move on from the Demons.

After a stunted last few years as well as a troubled off-season with injury, Weideman has recently come back into the Dees team and has put up some solid performances.

However, the fact of the matter is his output hasn't been anything to write home about over his time in the AFL, kicking just the 49 goals in his 48 games as a key forward in Melbourne's setup.

It could be deduced that Melbourne's game-style is one that requires a selfless role from their big men in attack (see: Tom McDonald), so a move away could be what he needs to kickstart his career.

The good thing for the Suns is that he wouldn't cost a fortune and could be a dangerous foil in any forward-line with Ben King. It would be nonsensical of the Suns to not at least make an call to Weideman's agent.

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