I rather target players from other clubs with our lower picks, instead of paying premium for Tom Bell. It's likely that Bell will cost us our current pick 21.
I would rather keep pick 21 and trade our 3rd to 5th round picks/use PSD/FA on out of contract players like Suckling, Cam Ellis-Yollmen, Whitecross, Adam Oxley, Zac Smith and Paul Seedsman.
There are one or two players from every club that have proven they can become high level players, but been obstructed by factors that deny them the opportunity to do so (e.g. injuries, lack of games, not seeing eye to eye with coach, off-field issues etc).
In order to become successful as a club we must target these types of players. Sydney are so successful is because they build majority of their list through excellent trading and recruiting. They kept their first round picks and targeted players with lower trade value, but high rewards.
Couple of examples over the last 3 seasons:
2014
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Jeff Garlett and pick 83 from Carlton to Melbourne for picks 61 and 79
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Pick 21 from Brisbane to Geelong for Allen Christensen
*Shane Biggs and pick 39 to Western Bulldogs from Sydney for pick 37
*Taylor Hunt (FA)
*Mitch Robinson (FA)
2013:
*Matthew White (FA)
*GWS Giants exchange Josh Bruce to St Kilda for Pick 48
*Sydney Swans exchange Andrejs Everitt and pick 39 to Carlton for pick 32
*Jeremy Laidler (FA)
Others:
*Melbourne exchanged Stefan Martin to Brisbane Lions for picks 53 and 73
*Essendon's Angus Monfries traded to Port Adelaide in return for draft pick No.48