I note that our opponents on Sunday are going full time next year, on the back of making The Middle Eights.
Whether the make Super League or not, they have the budget to run a full time squad.
The pressure builds for us for next year.

Suspect they will be looking to sign a fair chunk of youngsters who can only get a pro offer from them so are cheap. They get a year as a pro to try and win a better contract, Eagles get a cheap player. Others will have playing + development work contracts probably, opening up access to various grants.

Dagenham & Redbridge have done this for years at football. They signed one lad, now several pay rises later a first team regular, from a non league club I know at £75 a week + a travel card. (He was young and lived at home, this was his chance.)

Sheffield already have some full time pros so this isn't totally new territory for them.

My two worlds colliding on one forum! The ways Dagenham use their money compared to Broncos would be grim reading for Hughes et al.

I'd go so far to say that the pressure has been building for next year since about March, when it became obvious that we'd got it wrong for 2015.

Sheffield have done really well this year and other than the Bash weekend, have looked bolted on for the middle 8's since they completed their first 11 games with only 3 losses.....and what's key for them is one single loss at home all year to Leigh. They have made their home ground a fortress......which we can't do now as we've apparently only got 2 walls to work with in 2016