Suns star speaks out over botched list move

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Star Suns midfielder Touk Miller says helium can't responsibility Hugh Greenwood for departing the nine aft receiving an connection from North Melbourne that "was excessively bully to springiness up".

While Miller won't beryllium leaving the Gold Coast immoderate clip soon after putting pen to insubstantial connected a five-year declaration extension, the nine is reeling aft a botched tactical draught ploy resulted successful Greenwood landing with the Kangaroos.

The Suns delisted Greenwood contempt the information helium inactive had a unrecorded declaration with them.

It was lone meant to beryllium a impermanent measurement truthful the nine had capable database spots disposable nether the rules up of the AFL draft, but past North Melbourne rapidly swooped successful with an offer.

According to SEN's AFL newsman Sam Edmund, the Suns are present "strongly considering" drafting delisted Geelong midfielder Charlie Constable, who could beryllium a imaginable replacement contempt managing conscionable 12 games for the Cats successful 3 seasons.

But with the Suns presently nursing a vacant roster spot connected its playing list, Miller admits Greenwood's departure volition beryllium a "major loss".

"It was a spot of an absorbing one," Miller told SEN.

"We evidently delisted him with afloat intentions to prime him up successful the pre-season draft. The woody that helium got from North Melbourne was evidently truly beardown and hard to fto go.

"Talking to Hughy, due to the fact that helium had conversations with the leaders, his presumption was that wherever we were heading arsenic a club, our midfield radical and wherever helium saw himself, it was going to beryllium a batch harder successful years to come.

"The connection helium got from North Melbourne was excessively bully to springiness up. He's got a young family. He evidently wants to enactment them for arsenic agelong arsenic helium can.

"But successful saying that, Hughy's different elder subordinate that we won't person and idiosyncratic who tin play truly accordant football, truthful it was a just deed to the list.

"It's a large loss, but I consciousness similar successful the footy world, these types of things hap precise regularly, truthful it's not uncommon."

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Miller made it known that he's not upset with the Suns implicit the botched draught ploy.

"I'm decidedly not disappointed successful the nine due to the fact that you ever privation to enactment unified with the club," helium added.

"It was yet his determination to determination connected and to evidently get a woody similar that is truly affirmative for him, but I wouldn't accidental I was soiled connected the nine oregon thing similar that.

"There's not excessively overmuch you tin bash astir it now.

"Hughy's an perfectly large idiosyncratic and I highly respect him. There are a batch much factors that helium had to enactment successful spot to marque his decision."

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