To be honest I think Nelson College, being the best SI school and third in NZ, could foot it in the MPL. Not that it'd happen or should happen, all I'm saying is the talent is there. FC Nelson need to work a way to get College on board and a combination of the two, plus a few that'd jump ship from Suburbs, would earn promotion if they were ambitious enough. It's just a question of is Tasman United better off with two MPL teams out of Nelson or just one?
Nelson College's starting XI could basically be Tasman's NYL side, plus their captain David Maisey played a few games for Tasman at SS Prem level last year. Throw in ex MPL guys at FC like Tom Marston, Sean Parkes, Marcello Riley, and another Tasman player in Labu Pan, and already it's solid enough.