Impact forward Ben Te'o accepts he may well be playing for his future at Brisbane but is prepared to back himself to play enough in the next month to still be at the NRL club in 2010.

Brisbane's moment of truth has arrived just over a month out from the finals with a number of players on notice against the lowly placed Sharks at Suncorp Stadium on Monday night.

The stakes are high for Te'o and another 2009 recruit, Lagi Setu, as well as several other players under pressure to avoid a tap on the shoulder at the end of the season.

Te'o, signed from the Wests Tigers to fill a hole left by veteran back-rower Tonie Carroll who then returned from retirement for the Broncos, is more concerned about finding form than the threat of being released from his contract early.

"I can't control what's going to happen next year. What I can control is what I deliver to the team in the next five weeks of the regular season," said a determined Te'o.

"There's still five weeks left for me to show what I can do."

Henjak was direct when asked on Sunday if some players were on notice against the Sharks.

"It's got to happen on Monday night," he said.

"The players know what is expected of them, we've had that conversation. We've had it as a team and we've had it as individuals.

"Time for talking is over."

Henjak said players knew their performances would be reviewed at the end of the year.

"It doesn't matter if they've got contracts or not, they still have to go through that," he said.

"They'll be told where they sit and what their future at the club is after that.

"This club is very much results driven. If you don't get the results, questions get asked of you, that's the nature of the beast."

Cronulla have had a horror season on and off the field and coach Ricky Stuart would love to deliver an upset win over Brisbane to salvage something for Sharks fans.

Henjak agreed, saying Brisbane had to have their defence in order and their attitude spot-on or face a difficult night against Cronulla, who can be aggressive and very competitive.

"Two desperate teams trying to get a win and two desperate coaches trying to get a win, it makes for a good game," grinned Henjak, showing he was coping with the pressure.

Sharks lock Paul Gallen, who returned from a shoulder injury last weekend, admitted it wasn't a great time to strike Brisbane when they were coming off an embarrassing 56-0 hiding, to Canberra last round.

"They've got some stars back and are desperate for a win to keep their finals hopes alive but we've got a lot to play for too, we want to avoid the wooden spoon and win as many games as we can for our fans," he said.

"We'll turn up tomorrow night to have a really big game up there for our supporters."

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