Ben Mansford says the one positive of Tuesday's postponement is a chance to 'recharge batteries' for a squad that he is pleased with but believes may need reinforcements in January.

Speaking after rain caused Barnsley's midweek match at Bradford City to be called off due to rain, the chief executive said he was happy with the way head coach Lee Johnson's young side is shaping up after more investment in the summer by owner Patrick Cryne.

"The postponement is disappointing and we would have preferred to have played but at least it gives the players a chance to recharge batteries," said Mansford.

When asked if there was money available to strengthen a squad which is one of the youngest in the league and, in some positions, lacking strength in depth, he said: "I am very optimistic about the young group we have got and we don't need to add too much. In January, we have probably got to strengthen our attacking options.

"Maybe we need a striker to take the pressure off Sam Winnall but Michael Smith and Simeon Jackson may have stepped up so much that we don't need to. Ryan Williams will hopefully be back to replace Kadeem Harris when he returns to Cardiff in November. Some of the clubs who have spent big money are not doing half as well as us. We have fantastic support with more than six thousand season tickets sold. And we have spent a six-figure sum on Ryan Williams and fought off stiff competition for players like Alfie Mawson and Marc Roberts.

"With Patrick's committed support, we will always be able to pay fees in this league when other clubs can't. I couldn't say that there is bundles of money to spend and we need to make sure that Patrick supports us to a manageable level.

"There are two sets of fans. One set likes the club to be in the black and not to be under any financial risk. The other set are: 'promotion, promotion promotion'. We are somewhere in the middle of those two."

Mansford was full of praise for the supporters who made the trips across Yorkshire to both Doncaster on Saturday and Bradford in midweek. He said: "The Bradford staff were in awe of our support.  It's a huge credit to have three or four hundred fans on a rainy Tuesday night after a disappointing last-minute loss on Saturday. Our away attendance at Doncaster dwarfed some of the big clubs in the Championships.  I would like to say a huge thank you to them."

Mansford has yet to see the Reds play at Valley Parade after missing their trip in April because he became ill after a charity walk to the ground from Oakwell. He said: "I think I am fated on Bradford games. The last time Barnsley played there I didn't make it and had to go to A&E. When I got to the ground (on Tuesday) at about 6.45pm and the rain was coming down, I just felt there was too much rain in too short a period for even the best pitch in the world to handle it.

"Towards the end of warm-up, when the players were striking the ball, you could see it wasn't playable. It's a huge frustration but it was a freak incident and there was nothing anyone could do. It was the right decision. It was not like our match at Charlton two seasons ago when the pitch clearly wasn't playable on the Thursday but they didn't call it off until our fans were already in London.  That was not acceptable, but on Tuesday it was understandable. Credit to Bradford, they got the message out as quickly as they could."