Tonight's Aberdeen Evening Express has an article highlighting Pa Broon's targets. Could be the usual Sean Wallace tripe but final paragraph is a worry:

And Hayes today confirmed he will leave Inverness Caley Thistle. He said "it is a wrench to leave the club. But it is time to start the next chapter of my career."

If it's true fine, if it's more speculative sh*t stirring then the club should take him to task.

Someone needs to tell him the guiness is sh*te in Aberdire

Todays P and J says that Paw Broon is losing him patience and has given Jonny till the end of this week.

Press conference at 5:30 tonight at Pittodrie to announce Hayes signing for Aberdeen (subject to a medical)

Aberdeen website: http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20120626/jonny-hayes-_2212158_2823381

Absolutely no doubt we will miss Hayes badly, really hope Tel has an adequate replacement lined up

I'm not best pleased.

I can understand players moving on to better their careers but for me this is no more than a sideways step. Suprised he's opted for a move east when he could have done a lot better IMO

If he could have done a lot better do you no think he would have ? Looks like Aberdeen was the best option available to him .

Or they're the only club willing to pay the agents cut

Dissapointing, we all know he's better than Aberdeen.

Looking forward to Richie taking him ``out`` already !!

What a fool.

Slap up tea at Union Square Nandos for Jonny tonight.

I would gladly wish him well if he was furthering his career but this is nothing more than a sideways move. Sure, AFC are a bigger club than ICT but they've been gash for approaching 25 years. Head-to-head last season they were clearly no better than ourselves and I honestly can't see that changing any time soon.

Bad move.

Is he though? He is moving to a club where he will be getting more money and almost certainly a first team spot week in and week out. He is going to be playing at a familiar level to what he has been playing at for the last couple of seasons and he is still close to whatever "family and friends" support group he may have.

He's definitely bettered himself, like it or not. Yes, he could have gone to a bigger club than Aberdeen but clearly no one made the move for him. It was down to Aberdeen and ICT and we're kidding ourselves if we think that most players won't move on for more money.

It's a safe and solid move by Hayes rather than an overly ambitious one I think. It's maybe not as much of a step up as Rooney to Birmingham but it is a step up.

Edited June 26, 201213 yr by RiG

How utterly tiresome, and how completely predictable. Not pleased at all.

Fully expected him to leave, but Aberdeen.............Really!!

RiG - He's bettered himself finacially. They have a great deal more history than we have and a bigger fanbase but they have underperformed since the late eighties. We played them four times last season - we won twice, they won twice. They finished two places and four points ahead of us in argubably our poorest ever season in the SPL. I totally understand his desire to leave us for pastures new but this is a pretty poor move at this stage in his career imho.

ymip....your giving them credit where its not due. They finished one place and two points ahead of us. Anyway no point greeting over spilt milk.

F**k 'im!

It's no wee Jonny's fault, we should have matched his best offer.

STV report said he found it an easy decision! Like many others very very disappointed by his decision, the fans in this city seem to believe they are still a big gun in Scottish football, the sooner they realise they're not, the better.

I remember him spitting ice cubes at people in The Den. Nah let Aberdeen pay his wages for being injured.

Where are our 7 replacements?

Where are our 7 replacements?

On their way...

What was the point in denying it weeks ago. Just makes him seem a silly wee boy now.

An odd move. Jonny's hamstrings will suffer in the Baltic conditions whilst expectations will be too high for him. I suspect the curse will get to him.

http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20120626/jonny-hayes-on-redtv-_2212158_2823683

Do I not like that photo....

Same old spin from the football quotes book in this one - where's that shake your head smiley when you need it :-)