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BRISBANE Roar coach Mike Mulvey will consider shifting Socceroos fullback Ivan Franjic into an attacking role if winger Dimitri Petratos is ruled out of Sunday's A-League grand final at Suncorp Stadium.
Petratos remains in doubt for the Roar's clash against Western Sydney Wanderers after being kicked in the ankle in Brisbane's 1-0 weekend semi-final win over Melbourne Victory.
Mulvey, who was on Monday night crowned A-League coach of the year, backed Petratos to recover, but the former Sydney FC prodigy isn't expected to train fully until Friday.
If the 21-year-old forward doesn't recover, Mulvey has a number of options up his sleeve.
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The most obvious is recalling Brazilian attacking livewire Henrique to the starting side.
But there's a feeling that the man they call the "Slippery Fish" is most valuable to the Roar in a supersub role.
Perhaps the better option is shifting Franjic forward to the right wing, where he starred for the Roar early in the season in Brisbane's surging start that propelled them to their premiership success.
During Franjic's time upfront, Jack Hingert more than held his own at right back, but it's more likely that Mulvey would opt for James Donachie to slot into the back four if he does decide to push Franjic forward.
(L-R) Brisbane Roar coach Mike Mulvey with Ivan Franjic, Matt Smith and Matt McKay. Picture: Brett Costello. Source: News Corp Australia
"There's that option, there's lots of options," Mulvey said. "I could bring Ricky (Henrique) straight in.
"Ricky's looking very sharp. He's proven himself starting and coming off the bench this season." The Wanderers also have an injury doubt, with forward Mark Bridge in a moon boot after also injuring his ankle in Western Sydney's 2-0 weekend semi-final win over Central Coast Mariners.
Labinot Haliti looms as Bridge's likely replacement, but Mulvey said he was expecting some selection "smokescreens" this week.
"I'm not going to tell you what we're going to do, they're not going to tell people what they're going to do," the Roar coach said.
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"We'll probably have to have some behind-closed-doors stuff if Dimitri's doubtful, which I don't particularly want to do, but we need to have some advantage."
Mulvey praised Wanderers coach Tony Popovic for the way he had used his whole squad in successfully juggling A-League and AFC Champions League commitments.
"Their results speak for themselves. They finished second in the A-League and they're into the last 16 of the Champions League," the Roar boss said.
"What better credentials? They were only one place off the top — that's pretty impressive."
As was Mulvey's effort to be named the competition's best coach in his first full year in charge of the Roar.
"It's nice to get recognition, especially from your peers but the bottom line is you don't start working in team sport for individual accolades," he said.
"My main focus is being part of a team success. We've had some of that this year but we want some more on Sunday."
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