Just heard Gentle say on radio that Lineham is concussed and they think he may ave a suspected broken ankle. Thats all we need.

Big blow for him, but can't say its a massive disruption to the team as Sharp is back fit and will just slot back in.

Let's wait and see shall we. 2 weeks ago Jay Pitts had a broken collarbone!!

Awful for Lineham, hope it's not too bad.

shame if true

Looked really good when he's played. Massive blow if it turns out to be true.
One of the most enthusiastic players since his debut in the Rovers game.

I'm not convinced in Phelps' innocence tbh.

Get well soon kid, should be a great player for us next year onwards.

That's only because he's 100% guilty. He should be getting a ban for that.

FC have to just rang me and asked if I want to play for them and against the Bulls, but I told 'em to shove it as there's a good chance I'll get injured.
Lineham starts his SL career and in what his 4th game. His picked up a really bad injury!

That's a nasty injury if true, hope he's okay, looks a good player.

Agree, had a bit of a smirky look.

phelps i feel should off been off for that. didn't make no attempt in catching the bloody ball.

He lined him up and pretended to look at the ball.

Nice touch off Isa when he left the field though.

Widnes trying to get him out of the game, one way or another?
Isa was at him a couple of times after trys. Maybe trying to get a reaction and hope he gets sent off/sin binned.
Widnes will have been aware of his talent/try scoring record and hoping to keep him quiet. They never kicked the ball to him.
Phelps was looking at the ball, but he made no attempt at all to catch it but raised his arms enough to make contact with the head.

I'm undecided whether there was any intention or not. I'd hope not, but it was a weird way to go into a kick challenge.

Neither am I. Lead with the elbow and made no attempt for the ball.

The Isa run ins started when Tom engaged Isa at a earlier push and shove, I don't think it went over the line although it got close.

Firstly I'd like to say I hope the lads not too badly banged up and is back playing for you as soon as possible.

I can't for one minute think that Phelps would put himself at risk of injury by not looking at the lad if he was trying to do him. In my (Widnes) black and white specs it just looked like a fully committed challenge between 2 players and Lineham was on his way down as Phelps came into contact with him.

But what was he challenging?
Was he challenging for the ball? Certainly didn't look like it with how low his arms where (until the final second just before contact) and he could hardly have been challenging for a tackle as Lineham didn't have the ball.

Nobody else catches a ball with their elbows that far away from their body.

Terrible news for Tom. He's been playing really well since his debut. As people have said though, Sharp can't be far away?

Just looked at it again. I honestly think that they were both miles away from the ball due to the committed nature of their attempts to get to the ball (if that makes sense)

. I reckon they both realised they weren't going to get the ball due to how close they were to each other/other players. Lineham was crouched and Phelps was on his feet when they collided.

Let the disciplinary do their job on this one.

Hope its not as bad as it seems,hope for a quick recovery,looks promising player.!

Ganson even waved play on .

Ganson is a bell.