Having seen Chch United play a few times and a handful of MPL games I think they would comfortably be top 4 in MPL. The Russian has obviously learnt that buying 3 or 4 players doesn't work so just buy a team . Can't see how they will lose a game this season. Waimak by comparison have a predominantly home grown side . They have kept on getting results despite being ravaged by injuries past few weeks. Burwood compete week in week out. and are so hard to beat. Halswell are such a young side with so much potential but haven't realised it yet. Uni, Parklands and SAS have the ability to cause the odd upset but will battle out the bottom three positions.
Unfortunately the CUFC money is going to get them promotion.Not sure about top 4, but we will see next season, I'm sure they'll grab a few more players to compete. All other clubs are mostly home grown and ave had injuries. Uni and Halswell will be disappointed and Burwood are doing well. Being cynical, generally clubs are waiting for the annual melt down with Waimak. The next round will be interesting