Fleming concedes a penalty for leading with the elbow and Widnes slot over the penalty. Game over.

Brain Explosion.

If that's the right decision by the ref and Fleming led with the forearm I would not play him again this season. I wonder what his teamates think about that. Bl**dy idiot.

He's been on the edge all year with his discipline. 100% agree, shouldn't be seen again this year.

We sounded absolutely abysmal against an equally poor team. Cannot believe we've managed to lose that.

Fleming seems to think he is an "enforcer". I wish he would do it with his running and tackling, not with foul play.

Poor performance.
Interesting that Fax,Bulls,Batley have all lost the last 2 games since they qualified for play-offs.
Also l think we are now guaranteed a home game in playoffs as Halifax play Batley next week.

Throwing the game away whilst in possession, leading the game and seconds on the clock is pure stupidity.

Be interesting to see what Kear has to say or is Fleming one of his Wales squad favourites?

If Batley beat fax and we lose I think we go fifth?

Yep your right my mistake.
Be better for us if Halifax beat Batley as think Whitehaven will be tough.

I agree we seem to lack backbone as a side that Eldon looked lively

JK’s post-match comments are pretty damning against Fleming: “Do you want to prove how tough you are or do you want to win a rugby game?”

Don’t think we’ll be seeing Dan Fleming next week.

Well I'm pleased to see he didn't try and defend that stupidity, credit to Kear for saying it how it is. Let's hope his team selection reflects this and it gives somebody else an opportunity.

The lad on loan from Hull should be available next week

You mean the one you've signed who the RAF wouldn't release but is now free as he's left the Navy and members of the Castleford staff have done a good job in getting him over the line?

No he played today...

All I can say is how to lose a game in a minute. Dooh.

No, I mean the prop from Hull, who was isolating or had COVID and missed the last couple of games, sub against York

Did anyone see the incident. I listened on the radio and Mick said the linesman gave it, which suggests the ref didn't see it. Fleming carries the ball high and has had a good season. All well and good saying he's an idiot but we needed a bit of size and attitude and he brings that.

Was a clear elbow to the head mate

Fair enough.

Absolutely stupid penalty to give away

There’s a video on Twitter showing the incident. Clear as day.

Yes the Fleming incident was just plain stupid. To give a penalty away when you are in possession is bad enough but with less than 20 seconds to go in a game you are winning by a point is just criminal.

I thought the DFJ ‘forward’ try looked fine though so maybe a bit hard done by with that but I guess that’s the luck of the draw. Hopefully it evens out and the ref misses a forward pass from us during the playoffs

It's poor but I'd be more disappointed with a left centre who can't run or pass backwards.

Yeah they looked nothing wrong with that pass. When you see some forward passes that get let go, it beggars belief they see a forward pass in that play. We do seem to get some rough calls at Widnes. The obstruction call last year, i also remember (I think it was Jack Owens) blatently knocking a kick on in the in-goal which proved the decisive score. Think it was in our miserable relegation year in SL so there was an in-goal TJ at the time.

Anyway it's not the reason we lost. We were winning, with the ball with less than a minute left. Wouldn't like to be the players at training tonight.