MPL gossip - draw still being fought over with various clubs still debating it. Trips to nelson (number of trips and when) seems to be the common sticking point.
Trips to Nelson should not be an issue, those ChCh sides that travelled north once last season would expect two this season, and those that have two trip in 2012 would only have one this season, not that difficult surely. Meanwhile Suburbs will have at least ten trips south but I cannot ever recall them complaining.
You're right...they shouldn't be bothered. It should be nice and easy to do the draw. They all play each other in the first set of rounds, then they flip the draw so they play away to the teams they hosted in the first set. Then it flips back again with the teams who went to nelson once last year going twice this year.
...but thats faaaar too logical!