A good point. Pesrsonally I suspect (assuming etc etc) that we might maybe change the balance to more full timers, including giving full time contracts to some of the current squad who are on part-time, though some may not wish to, of course. Obviously, it depends entirely on the finances and how JK judges what kind of balance suits us best. If we want to improve the squad, which we presumably do, then I'd guess that means bringing in more full timers from outside.

I'm not exactly sure of the numbers, but if we go up I don't think there will be too much of a leap in central funding next year compared to what we got in 2018.

£75K this year, and I **think** the lowest level of funding in the Championship (I assume we'd start at that level) is £150K



So double what we have this year - bu not [ithat[/i much more in hard cash terms...

Not enough to go mad with full timers anyway. I expect a similar hybrid squad. Some players may be given improved deals as they demonstrate their importance. I'm thinking of players like Ryan, Minchella and Keyes who are part time but may be tempted elsewhere if they get a decent offer.

I think Ryan is a full timer

Ethan is full time. Elliot and Joe are part time

I'm pretty sure that's correct, though you'd maybe expect some rise in attendances should we go up and maybe a bit more from the corporate fans, though come next year they may well have other priorities. If it all rolls through to the retail side (shop, lotteries, sales on matchday etc) then, whilst I doubt it's going to be massive, we could get a bit of a boost.

Of course, management might screw that by putting prices up too much..

I must admit Iwas gutted when we went hybrid but I was wrong...



I think hybrid is the way to go again. Some of our part timers are far better then the journeymen that failed to hit the top 4. You could also see some part time teams had more balanced and talented squads.



Moving key players like EM to full time has to be a no brainer, same with Keyes however.

I think we're on 75k central funding this year, sure it doubles to £150k for the bottom of the championship.

I'd hope that next year would see an increase in our average attendance with a few more clubs being close by combined with the good work that Mick and the lads have done with the live streaming getting people's interest back into watching the team.



But I think it's sensible to keep the hybrid style of recruitment as it means we get a larger talent pool to sign from as well as paying out less over all in wages.

This is case and point for me. High end part time championship players will have had offers to go to SL but doesn't work out financially for them if they have a good job outside of rugby. Dom Brambani was a good example of it. Definitely need to have part timers too for me if they can improve the squad

It's been said before, but Sheffield's fall from grace after going full time wasn't just the added expenses. A large part of it too were that when they were flying quite high, a lot of their best players were part time. When they went full time, those players who didn't want to leave their jobs left the club and ended up elsewhere (Brambani was one of them), meaning Sheffield actually got worse on the pitch.



I don't see the benefits of turning away part time players who don't want to be full time, if they improve your squad and you can manage the training properly. Certainly not outside of Super League anyway.