Hibs Fanzone

Ally Houston, Granton: "I was expecting a really good game as, hopefully, Hibs would have had revenge in mind to try to put straight the defeat of a few weeks ago.

"We got the best possible start as Colin Nish galloped on to a through ball by Anthony Stokes and was sent tumbling. The penalty was expertly converted by Stokes. Saints piled on pressure towards Graham Stack's goal but never really threatened to get an equaliser as the first half was all about the poor refereeing.

"In the second half, Hibs held the upper hand as Liam Miller and Kevin McBride had a bigger influence on the game and the service to the forward men, for once, was excellent. But although they were presented with numerous chances, Nish, Stokes and Derek Riordan, failed in the final execution. This came back to haunt us as a very soft penalty was awarded to St Johnstone. This was just one of the baffling decisions made by the referee. He cost Hibs the game as a continuation of last week's poor decision-making by the officials.

"Why were there so many players booked in a competitive but never a dirty game? Man of the match was David Wotherspoon who, after a shaky start, came in to the game and was very good pushing Hibs forward down the right wing. Farewell to the old East Stand. I have been a patron there for more years than I care to remember and it was just a pity we didn't say farewell to the old lady with a victory."

Ross Muir, London: "Not the best game the East Stand has witnessed and this was a typical SPL encounter as the very physical St Johnstone team took the field with the sole intention of stopping Hibs from playing any football. It very nearly worked for them as many strange decisions from the officials and bad finishing from Hibs allowed them to head back up north with a point.

"So it's five games without a win and again Yogi played the wrong team. We have so much of a gap right down the spine of the team and, by the time we get the ball forward, the opposing defenders have re-grouped and are there to stop us. It been this way for a while and Hughes doesn't seem to notice this.

"Saturday was the opportunity to play a solid 4-4-2 and this would have matched them across the midfield and not left so many spaces for St Johnstone to exploit as the did on plenty of occasions in the last two games, but I feel Yogi can't see that and hopefully his tactics will start to work again. But, in my opinion, it's wrong to play this way.

"The referee's face should have been as red as his jersey as, time after time, he made the wrong decisions, none more so than his awarding of a penalty in the last ten minutes of the encounter that cost us a victory. He baffled everyone in the ground, including both managers, as he got most of the decisions wrong.

"My man of the match was Colin Nish. He was in the thick of the action more often than not and gave 100 per cent effort."