Butler has said countless times that we are to play with two strikers so chalk the 3 upfront idea. Roberts playing as an attacking midfielder/no 10 behind whitehall and carlton could work with two central midfielders but it’s first game of the season away at a good side at this level and that would be maybe deemed too attacking.
I’d go with
fitz
Nicholson
evans
Max
denton
scales
Brogan
clunan
rowley
Whitehall
carlton
I’d imagine at home we’d probably ditch Rowley for Roberts and go a bit more attacking.