Last week, I attended the Championship and League One Clubs' Forum at the Lakeside Hotel. It was a very positive meeting and good to meet CEOs and chairman from our rival clubs as well as the RFL contingent.

The main message for me from the meeting is that the most financial benefits from the RFL will go to those clubs that contribute to the growth of the game. Growing crowds, growing Our League membership, growing our fan engagement, growing our community work will all be rewarded.

You might be wondering why the off-field work and things like Our League membership is so important and the answer is that this gives the RFL real data around the popularity of the game.

When you are in the ever congested market for broadcasters and sponsors, having a game that can demonstrate growth is a handy selling tool.

Nearer to home, our season tickets have arrived in the shop and they will make a great Christmas present. There is the option of spreading the cost by paying monthly and this really helps with the club's cash-flow.

This season, we are introducing electronic ticketing and we hope to be in a position to have barcode readers at every turnstile. This again helps us with data, as we'll get information about the habits of our fans from using online purchasing.

For example, we can understand when people enter the ground and perhaps devise ways of encouraging supporters to come earlier.

We should aim to target families giving a full day's entertainment rather than simply turning up for a game. We have bought the full software system for online ticketing, so we don't have to pay a third party for each ticket sale and in fact can offer our ticketing service to other providers with ourselves charging a fee.

It could be a great opportunity for us, on top of getting commitment from our fans to come to the game and them having more money in their pocket.

Change inevitably will be resisted by some, but it really will be as easy as getting a boarding pass for an airline. You will get a ticket with an individual barcode that can either be printed or presented on your phone.

For team matters, although we think we have put together a strong squad, we are still on the lookout for one or two more additions.

There is still budget available but we want quality. Myself, Andy Gaffney especially and Paul Crarey are still making lots of phone calls and sending lots of messages, but nothing positive to report, I'm afraid.

It may be that we again hit the overseas market. Paul has some great contacts in Australia while we have also built good relationships in Papua New Guinea.

The success of our community programme means that we may be able to offer community work in parallel to a playing salary and this helps put together an attractive package.