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PORT Adelaide's football manager Peter Rohde says the switching of SANFL clubs by Power-listed Steven Salopek highlights the issues AFL clubs in South Australia have with their players in the current SANFL system.
 
Salopek, a top-10 NAB AFL Draft pick in 2002, was sold from Glenelg to the Port Adelaide Magpies on Tuesday after was unable to break into Glenelg's senior side.

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Rohde played down the incident, saying it was nothing new, but admitted it was annoying for all parties.
 
"We fully understand that the SANFL clubs have their own agendas that they need to work to and sometimes they're slightly different to ours," he told portadelaidefc.com.au.
 
"Us and Glenelg, obviously we've got some differences of opinion, but it's never been a blow up or anything - we understand the two clubs are coming from different angles.
 
"We've had these issues before and it does highlight the issues we've got with the system.
 
"It's frustrating for everyone involved, but it's not a huge revelation."
 
Rohde denied that the Salopek move would act as a catalyst for changes to the current system, claiming the situation is nothing new.

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He said the club wouldn't use the latest example of the system's flaws to seek specific discussions with the SANFL.
 
"I wouldn't say it's a massive catalyst for change, but it reinforces some of the issues that we have with clubs," he said.
 
"There are a lot of discussions going on all the time about the licences and all that obviously at the moment and the whole AFL/SANFL relationship, but nothing out of the ordinary at the moment."
 
Salopek was dropped from the Tigers' side after round five loss to South Adelaide.
 
Glenelg CEO Rob Nelson said Salopek had been given areas of his game to work on in order to make a return to the club's best 22, just like any other player.
 
"We didn't treat Steven any differently from any other player, that he was required to work on specific areas of his game to get back," he said.
 
"There was really a desire there for Steven to work on these particular things and, if he did that, he would have had every chance of getting back into our League team, as would any other player."
 
Nelson denied there was ill feeling between Glenelg and Port Adelaide, or between the club and Salopek, and suggested that timing could have been a factor in Salopek's move.
 
"He's out of contract at the end of the year with Port Adelaide and needs to be playing at his highest level to give his career an opportunity to re-ignite," he said.
 
"I'm not sure if Steven was willing to work on those in the next four to six weeks and hope that he's going to get back into the League team.
 
"He wants to get back into the Power team and quickly, and to do that he wants to be playing at SANFL League level."
 
Harry Thring covers Port Adelaide news for AFL.com.au. Follow him on Twitter: @AFL_Harry.