The intention was to have an extra evening training session this week and then give the players a rest over the holiday period.
The Maroons' encouraging run of two wins and a draw from the previous three matches came to an abrupt halt at Fylde last Saturday when the side paid a heavy price for a number of simple mistakes which gifted the home team two if not three tries.
It was a disappointment after the way the players had responded so well to the challenge of meeting runaway leaders Tynedale the previous week to earn a draw.
An injury to influential scrum-half Scott Benton did not help matters. He tweaked his back in training in midweek but said he felt fit enough to play and took part in the pre-match warm-up.
However, the injury tightened up in the dressing room afterwards and Benton had to withdraw from the side.
This meant fly-half David Evans switching to scrum-half and Peter Murphy moving from centre to fly-half.
Sean Dadswell, who is a scrum-half, was available but he has not played for more than six weeks and it was felt it would be too much of a risk to bring him into the side for such a testing game.
As it was the Maroons held their own for some time in the first half but two bad mistakes just before the interval gifted the home side two tries and they scored early in the second half to take a firm grip of the match. Morley were also not helped by the fact that, as they played catch-up rugby in the windy conditions, they struggled in the lineout and this made a difficult task much harder.
It leaves the Maroons basically in a three-club tussle with West Park St Helens and Macclesfield for the remaining two relegation places with just two points separating them, although Bradford & Bingley could be dragged into it if results go badly against them. Clearly every point is vital and bonus points could come into it, which leaves Morley perhaps regretting that they have only seven compared with 10 by their two rivals.
Morley's remaining games are by no means easy with Harrogate and Darlington Mowden Park at home and Caldy away, all of them in the top six. But joint coach Peter Seabourne said he preferred the fact that the games were against leading sides. He added: "When you play clubs lower down in the division, the matches are often dour and you get drawn into a slog.
"The players seem to have the confidence to express themselves more against good teams and they have shown they aren't overawed."
This was certainly the case against leaders Tynedale at Scatcherd Lane and the effort produced that day made the lapse at Fylde all the more disappointing. However, it showed that Morley have the ability to compete with the best.
Seabourne is also encouraged by the response of the players since he and Tom McGee took over. He went on: "They have responded to what they have been asked to do. Defensively we have been more structured, instead of everyone simply chasing. This is what made last Saturday's result all the more disappointing."