I simply cannot understand how we failed to win this one. We had a number of clear cut chances and only took one of them, by which point we were already behind. What is perhaps worrying is that it was mainly the midfielders who were passing up good opportunities in front of goal, rather than the strikers. While Michael Higdon was pretty wasteful, it's hard to think of Billy Mehmet being in too many goal scoring opportunities. There was a boost with the return of Craig Dargo to the bench, meaning Mehmet and Higdon started up front. Lee Mair returned in place of John Potter, the club captain out with some sort of virus. Hibs had plenty of dangers in their team to threaten the pairing of Mair and Chris Innes, including Derek Riordan and Anthony Stokes. The unlikely figure of David Barron nearly provided us with an early opener, the fullback letting rip with a long range effort that didn't appear to go too far wide. A great move went even closer to giving us the lead, Hugh Murray getting the slightest of touches to flick the ball into space for Mehmet to run onto. The striker held off the attentions of his marker before picking out Jack Ross, who superbly passed to Steven Thomson only for his shot to be blocked by Graham Stack. Stephen McGinn was next to have a go, but again found Stack in impressive form as the former Arsenal man turned his terrific effort from distance behind. The attractive, attacking display continued apace as Murray duffed a left footed shot wide before Benji produced an even worse effort for Hibs. For once, we were able to enjoy a wonderfully attacking display from Saints at home, Higdon messing up a chance before Mehmet volleyed over. Then came the moment when you knew it wasn't to be our day. Andy Dorman got the ball in the middle of the park, charged forward - and missed the target. Sure enough we paid for it almost immediately. Liam Miller played a fine pass to Derek Riordan and he turned away from Ross just enough to unleash a powerful swerving shot that gave Gallacher no chance and put the Hibees in front. Still in shock, we nearly found ourselves two down moments later, this time Riordan's rather tamer effort being straight at Gallacher. Next to be wasteful for us was Higdon (again), arriving at the back post to put Murray's cross behind. Right on half time it was McGinn's turn (again) as he shot narrowly over from Dorman's cutback. There was a fairly loud shout for a penalty as the half came to a close, but it appeared to me (but few others) as if it came off Thomson's arm rather than that of a Hibs player. With just 10 seconds of the half remaining, the goal we merited arrived. After a foul in front of the main stand, Ross whipped in a free-kick and Chris Innes rose highest to thump a header past the outstretched arm of Stack. A goal from a set piece - by a defender! Wonders will never cease. That should have been a base to build from as the second half began, but it was Hibs who were better in the opening stages. Referee Willie Collum seemed to penalise every Saints challenge, letting Hibs off with most of theirs, and he denied us a decent penalty shout when Higdon appeared to be held by his marker. it took forever for someone to be booked, Barron the one eventually chosen, before Shuggy tried his luck again from the edge of the box, his shot going wide. Craig Dargo was back on the bench after another injury lay-off and it was clear he should have been brought on for Higdon early in the second half, but we had to wait until there were less than 15 minutes before he arrived - why is anyone's guess. There was a late let off when a mistake by Ross allowed Riordan in behind the defence - the offside flag staying down for once - but he pulled his shot wide. It would have been a grave injustice if Hibs had scored that chance - but the fact they are leaving Paisley with a point this evening is bad enough for Saints fans to contend with for now.