Nomads have the experience which could count for a lot, Selwyn have goals in abundance and FC are tremendously organised!
I'm more excited about division 1 than I am about the MPL I must admit!
On another note, I'm not sure it will add to any of the teams once they are in the MPL, that is a completely different beast!
I think promoted teams need to get out of the habit of picking up the players that have come from the relegated team which seems to have happened over the last number of years. Obviously you want some players with the experience of the MPL to knows all the in's and out's associated with it, but a more often than not a team is relegated over a 21 game season because it and their players aren't good enough. So you can either make them better with better coaching, or you can't and you get stuck with the same poorer players. Universities were in the easiest position to avoid that with talent coming to study and naturally progress to the football team. Other clubs only have a finite source of talent to choose from, unless they go looking across the country, or unearth a star in the lower divisions
From what I have seen, all of the 3 teams at the top of Div1 would need to strengthen for next year. The 21 game season for Div1 will help, but it's a bit different travelling across town to play rather than travelling to Nelson. I really don't know who will finish top, obviously I hope Selwyn do, but it will be tight. No doubt both Nomads and Selwyn will be hoping that last game of the year on August 15 means nothing with the title already sewn up.