Morley meet Rochdale in a re-arranged game at Scatcherd Lane on Saturday (3pm), having slipped back to second in the table following their crushing 38-0 defeat at Birkenhead Park last weekend.

They are five points adrift of Stockport but with a game in hand, while Penrith have closed the gap in third just three points.

Seabourne remarked: "There are still eight games to go for us and there will be plenty more twists and turns but I still feel we are good enough and will finish top. Our target at the start was to finish higher than last year, when we were third, and we are still on track for that.

"Rochdale won't be easy. They have a big pack and an outstanding No10, who is a terrific player with a big boot on him. If we aren't ready there will be a shock on the cards."

The Maroons will check on centre Liam Frost and winger Chris Morgan, who missed the game at Birkenhead through injury.

Frost had a neck problem and Morgan had not shaken off a back injury.

In addition Pete Dadswell was away and with Steve Hewetson having moved to Harrogate, Morley had four changes from the side which played so well to defeat Beverley the previous week.

Seabourne refused to use this as an excuse for the heavy defeat at Birkenhead, when the side were nilled for the first time since they went down 10-0 in appalling conditions at Cleckheaton in December, 2008.

The coach said: "It wasn't as though we brought new players in, they were lads who had played before and knew our system.

"I tore into them all at half-time when we were 31-0 down and there was a reaction in the second half.

"We tried to create things but were chasing the game. We made four good chances and bombed them all, maybe it was because we were too anxious.

"We had some words after the game and the players came up with suggestions of their own.

"That's a good thing, it shouldn't be just Scott Benton and myself doing the talking, we want the players to think about what's going on and have their say. It helps bring us together.

"If each player does his own job in the right way, the team will again come together.

"We made too many individual errors and missed some silly one-on-one tackles. It's a very tough division. Birkenhead had three-quarters of the Waterloo team, who played in National One just two years ago.

"You could see why they have won every game at home and one of their coaches said the first half was the best 40 minutes they had produced for a long time.

"We were thumped and it's how we respond that matters.We still have a game in hand on Stockport and can overtake them, we both have some tough fixtures left.