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Azgaz as a fan is a loser .. why oh why did we have to have him when there were other suitable and available fans. There is only one way he can now progress and that is downwards. His ability to support players once a slide in form begins does not exist. He is one of the most prolific bullshitters in Scottish football and his ability to analyse situations is very poor .. you only had to listen to him on CTO. Goodbye Azgaz, next season it will be a scrap against relegation for County.

Some recent video outtakes and behind the scenes footage....

Well my appraisal of the game wasthat we played really well up to the penalty and goal, to my thinking Meekings new little about the offence till the ball hit his arm, it was I'm sure accidental. We were suddenly shell shocked, From potential winning play we slumped into rabbits in the headlights, not intentionally' just lost our way to a team that now new they had the upper hand and we had lost momentum. The other three goals flooded in leaving a very perplexed team to go in for their half time briefing, which obviously was a ruddy good one. Second half I was delighted to see David Raven back in office, he had a great game. Equally delighted to see Graeme go into left half position ( which I have in the past said would be a good move ) It worked and worked well and we were treated to some really exciting football and well taken goals, Oor Billie excelling once again and Graeme getting his just reward for his perseverance, I think we all thought at one point that we were going in with areal chance of getting something out of the game as the tables had been completely turned, it was the Dons who had the shakes now................. How close we came!! All I say now is that our second half performance gave us nothing to be ashamed of even though we lost. We have great team spirit and a bunch of fighters so Well Done ICT and better luck next game, for yes it was that bad luck penalty that stopped us from giving the Dons a thrashing. Don't blame Meekings I am certain there was no intent there just bad luck which triggered off our breakdown. Full marks to Yogi too He managed to smile through adversity and praised the lads for their brave effort despite the loss.

If John Hughes was forced to change the team and tictacs then it appears that that was a blessing in disguise. He's a completely different type of person to T Butcher and eventually, anyway, he had to stamp his authority on the team and Caley Thistle's game. So now he has and, from all accounts, what a change? Even if the energy came from an arousing rally of encouraging speech isn't that why he was hired? This, actually, could be the turning point in the break from Butcher which I strongly feel was a good thing for this club and it allowed for the Management to introduce new thinking, new character in a new character and set the club up for greater success. Under Butcher, that swas an uncertain future occurrence because his heart never lay in the highlands but did lie in his own advancement first-off and he was bound to leave "any time soon" be it for Barnsley or the Bucharest Boogie-Woogie Bachles. Now the door has opened to let in the fresh air just watch this team go......

As quite a few people have pointed out, the team just seemed to freeze collectively after going a goal behind. I suppose, having gone so long without conceding, that it's sort of understandable, and the St Johnstone game earlier in the season showed that this sort of game comes along once in a while. Aberdeen, like St Johnstone, are a team capable of really fluent attacking football when they click, and they were pretty ruthless in the rest of the first half - Pawlett, McGinn and Vernon all played very well, and we shouldn't overlook that. Hopefully our performance in the second half will reassure our players that they have no need to panic when they go behind as they are more than capable of getting back into it, and will prevent any other team being able to run up such a commanding lead against us in the future. It still wasn't the most consistent or elegant performance of the season, and there were one or two players who struggled slightly to impose themselves on the game (Williams and Doran), but the determination of the team to be first to every ball was really impressive. Raven made a big difference when he came on, and I actually thought Ross had a pretty good game and, like a few others on here, would have preferred to have seen him stay on when Agdestein was brought on. Finally, I tweeted about this last night, but I think it's worth mentioning on here too. I was in hospitality for the game yesterday - a belated birthday present from my brother, an Aberdeen supporter, who accompanied me. It was the first time I had been in hospitality for a game, and it was superb: the food was excellent, the service was warm, generous and efficient, and the hosts achieved the difficult trick of making a room of 300 people seem like an intimate and friendly gathering. The last time my brother had hospitality at a game was at Old Trafford, and he told me yesterday that ICT's was far superior, in the quality of food and the quality of service, as well as being much better value. We're thinking of making this an annual thing from now on. So thank you to the club for that.

I can't believe there's people who would keep Williams in, after his "performance" yesterday. He was horrendous!

I'll be brutally honest here. I don't think Hughes is a good appointment for us. I think he is a very poor manager. However, I don't see how the first half performance was his fault. The team seemed to be set up as it was under Butcher (same personnel, same formation etc.). Our performance in the first half was shambolic at times as we were cut to shreds by a clinical and lightening quick Aberdeen attack. They were clearly the better side than we were in the first 45 minutes although a four goal lead was perhaps a bit harsh on us. Football fans are fickle, myself included. Had we got a 4th I'd probably be proclaiming Hughes as some kind of Simeone type mastermind but we didn't but even I don't think Hughes was to blame.

I agree David Raven has to start the next game. We lost some fluidity when Nick came off but credit to Hughes for having a go and everyone in the stadium believed we weren't buried even at 4-0 down. Great value for money and probably the 'best' loss ever!

Well, I'll give our new manager credit for his half time team talk! Great fight back, and even 'what might have been' if Draper's great header had gone in at 2-4 down. But the second half performance doesn't make up for our complete capitulation after Meekings' crazy mistake for the first goal, after we had been well on top possession-wise at that point. We were just torn apart by Aberdeen's direct style of play in the latter stages of the first half. Poor defending for most of the goals. I thought Warren could have done better for the second goal, and Doran was to blame for the third, losing the ball too easily in the middle of the park. Maybe its just me, but I always think we look a better side with Raven playing. All these recent clean sheets probably prove me wrong, but I don't like Shinnie at right back. Don't know why Ross was hooked. I'd have had Doran off. I think he has been a passenger most of this season. If I'd written this at half time, I'd have been much more critical of much of the team. But I'm encouraged by the spirit shown in the second half, which I hope will continue, so I'm prepared to wait and see how we do in the next few games, before being super critical of some of the individual performances. I had four local friends watching this game with me. All of them thought that the football played by both sides was pretty good at times. Not a bad advert for Scottish football.

I wasn't aware John Hughes was still the Hibernian manager!

Watkins had a dead leg. Think the criticism of Doran a bit harsh. True, he's not skinning defenders on the wing so much just now, but it was his passes from deep that launched a number of attacks in the second half. Maybe he's told to sit a bit deeper in tougher games?

A few comments regarding Doran being a bit 'off-the-boil' again yesterday. I wasn't at the Aberdeen game so can't justifiably comment but he has maybe lost a bit of his early season spark. I wouldn't like to level an accusation of a professional player being in a comfort-zone but maybe it would be beneficial to rest him for a few games as it would also demonstrate that nobody can be guaranteed an automatic pick. Again, not wanting to cast aspersions but has this dip coincided with his signing of his 3 year contract? Maybe it's just taken away some urgency or hunger and as mentioned has resulted in hi slipping into a comfort-zone.

A weird 30 mins where we completely collapsed lost the game for us. The rest of the time we were the better team. Had we ended up winning 5-4 it would've been a fair result. Usual shambolic refereeing performance it has to be said.....the sooner they go on strike, again, the better! Those foreign refs we had during the last strike were the best/most impartial i've seen at TCS !

A mad 30 minutes cost us the game. We were much the better team for 60 of the 90 minutes. Warren got roasted by Vernon, first time I've seen him so outplayed. Williams just didn't feature and Doran is very disappointing. Agree with all the positive comments about Raven, great game. I reckon we should do what Dundee United have with their stars and offer Mckay an extension to his contract now. If he stays we win. if he goes we get a bigger fee. Gutted we couldn't salvage a point but can't wait for our next 2 home games.

just like their race for second place Aberdeen are wasting time -.-