'Woeful decision-making as County unravel'

For the first 49 minutes at Easter Road on Saturday, Ross County looked like they were well on their way to picking up their first Premiership away victory in 15 months.

Eli Campbell's first goal for the club set the tone for the first-half performance. For the following 25-30 minutes, they were excellent and really should have put the game beyond a lacklustre Hibs side.

County got into a lot of good positions in the final third but didn't show enough of a ruthless streak to put the game beyond Hibs.

With 10 seconds of the five minutes of additional time in the first half remaining, County had possession in their final third over towards the corner flag. If you're unable to create an opportunity in that moment, keep the ball and manage the game so you can get to half time at 1-0 ahead.

Instead, the ball was given away cheaply and Hibs broke up the park to equalise.

If the manner of the equaliser was hugely frustrating to concede, the two goals in the second half are on a whole other level.

The Staggies had a huge slice of luck when Jack Hamilton saved Nicky Cadden's penalty. They needed to recompose themselves and use that as a spark to kick on.

Instead, less than a minute later Ryan Leak needlessly hauled down Josh Campbell to hand Hibs another spot-kick. This time, Elie Youan scored and County found themselves 2-1 down.

Don Cowie's side started to pile on the pressure towards the end of the match and it looked like an equaliser might be on the cards. Those hopes quickly evaporated as James Brown's weak clearance was fired straight back him and he was outmuscled by Youan, who set up Josh Campbell to make it 3-1.

A combination of poor game management, lack of composure and woeful decision-making from the players cost County dearly on Saturday.

As a manager, you cannot account for your players making such costly mistakes. It must have been so frustrating for Cowie to witness his side unravel from such a promising position and performance.

Ross Morren can be found at The County Corner