A CALF complaint troubling Bahraini international Mohamed Adnan could give Brisbane Roar coach Ange Postecoglou one less selection headache before tomorrow week's A-League opener against Central Coast at Suncorp Stadium.

Adnan is locked in battle with Olyroos star Matt Jurman for the right to partner Roar captain Matt Smith in the centre of Brisbane's defence.

Restricted at training this week because of the calf problem, caused by his recent lack of football and the hard grounds during the pre-season, Adnan will battle to be 100 per cent fit by next weekend.

The Roar had always planned to ease the 28-year-old centre-back into action, particularly as they will need him fit and firing later in the season when Jurman is away on Olyroos duty.

Postecoglou also has decisions to make in attack, with the fitness of Brazilian speedster Henrique potentially determining choices the A-League coach of the year makes before the grand final rematch.

Dogged by injuries for almost the entire pre-season, the flying Henrique is making a bold bid for a starting berth with attractive displays on the training pitch.

The only certain omissions for the clash against the Mariners are injured pair Rocky Visconte and Matt Mundy.

"My philosophy on selecting teams has always been never to get fixated on one line-up too far out," Postecoglou said.

"It's a long season and what we want to do in round 1 is make sure we've got a team out there that can get the job done, but also be looking further ahead.

Football Federation Australia yesterday announced the venues for five community/regional matches.

As revealed by The Courier-Mail last week, Mackay lost out to Dunedin in the battle to host the match between Brisbane Roar and Wellington Phoenix on December 14.

Gold Coast United's community clash, which had been scheduled to be the club's December 11 battle with Sydney FC, is now their February 1 tussle with Melbourne Victory at Aurora Stadium in Launceston.

The Coast's clash with Sydney reverts to a home game for United at Skilled Park.

The FFA also confirmed the Gold Coast-Adelaide November 11 match had been shifted from Skilled Park to Hindmarsh Stadium.

Originally published as Roar's Adnan fights fitness woes