COLLINGWOOD will push to have injured dynamo Jordan De Goey available for the clash with reigning premier Brisbane. But the Magpies are prepared to play the long game with the frustrated midfielder's latest setback. De Goey was substituted for "tactical" reasons against Carlton, but will miss Friday's Gather Round clash with Sydney at Adelaide Oval after pulling up with ankle/Achilles soreness. "It's reasonably minor. He's just got a little bit of a grumbly ankle," coach Craig McRae said on Wednesday. "We learned our lessons from last year. We're not going to put Jordy out there where one issue becomes two and we're chasing our tail a little bit. "So we decided early in the week to make that call and then get him right, ideally for Brisbane." De Goey will travel with Collingwood to Adelaide, then Brisbane, with a view to facing the Lions at the Gabba next Thursday. McRae insisted De Goey was only being managed against Carlton. "He had no signs of this to this degree," McRae said. "He had little things going on prior to the game and that's why we sort of thought, 'oh, let's just look after him a bit'. "Then he's pulled up a bit sorer on Sunday than we thought post-game. So again, we play the long game with him. "We're hopeful that Brisbane's the target, but we're not sure. "That's still the plan and we'll take him to Adelaide, then we'll take him to Brisbane with us and we'll have all our physio team and high-performance team around him and, again, ideally, we'll push him for Brisbane."