It does look as though Boerrigter dived a bit, certainly the contact didn't cause him to go down. But he was through on goal so I'm not even sure why he would have dived, unless he didn't fancy his chances of scoring from the angle he was at.
Regardless, we didn't play that well but I still think the better team won in the end. The fact we got a penalty and they didn't for very similar situations was always going to mean there were questions asked over whether we deserved to win or not. Big difference was that even if there was contact in both instances, VVD wouldn't have been sent off, McKay would have! I think his red card will be dropped to a yellow anyway.
It was interesting to see that last night we almost played as a 4-4-2 but with our wingers playing further up and Commons dropping deeper so almost a 4-2-2-1-1. It was going back to a bit more what we are used to playing, but somehow it was a lot more open still. I think our CM is the problem at the moment. Neil McCann said after the game, he didn't feel Biton or Johansen did anything in the game, and I actually kind of agree. They both looked best when they actually got forward, biton was making some nice passes too but he also had a couple of bursts forward and was good when he did. Johansen is not a great holding midfielder but going forward he can be quite useful.
It's a bit like the Joe Ledley situation, he came to Celtic as someone who got into the box and contributed with goals, then Lennon used him more defensively but when he did get forward, he was better! Last season, Lennon used Johansen in a CM role but he was allowed to attack, playing on the left of the central midfield.
Biton is better as a holding midfielder, he's still got a lot to learn but at the base of a 3 man midfield, he's pretty good. If he gets a good run of games, we'll see the best of him.
Up front is a strange one because as welch pointed out, we need someone with a bit of physicality as well as pace. If we are going to play with just one striker, he will need to be more like a Van Persie or Benzema sort of build. They are both quick enough to outrun defenders but also have decent strength and they are tall enough to be a threat from crosses.
Deila doesn't appear to be too willing to change his philosophy but from what he said in previous interviews, that's not surprising.....it could however be rather stupid! As we've said before, only time will tell!