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 ‘Five trade targets for every club’ series with Collingwood. The idea of these stories is to identify potentially gettable targets who could fill roles, not just link every club to the likes of Marcus Bontempelli and Patrick Cripps.

FIVE TRADE TARGETS FOR: Adelaide Crows, 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.

2. Sam Weideman 

The out-of-favour and out-of-contract Dees forward has had an indifferent start to 2021, with a pre-season injury keeping him out of the side in the early rounds. Weideman only played his first AFL game last weekend after Luke Jackson missed through injury, having been stuck behind new recruit Ben Brown as well as Tom McDonald in the pecking order.

With this, the prospect of having a starring role at the Pies, whose late grandfather Murray Weideman is a legend of the club, could be a key factor in luring him across town to the Holden Centre. And the Magpies have been urged to make a move for the forward. At just 23 years of age, the Pies could snag him on a multi-year deal for a bargain price, with his height being a huge addition to the Collingwood attack.

Furthermore, the Demons might simply not be able to make a competitive offer to retain him.