Why deflect? Lindstrom was lying on the floor at midfield when that happened.
You think he was the worst player on the pitch at HT, I think DCL and Doucoure were worse, and had more of a negative impact on our play/scoreline than Lindstrom did (DCL missing sitter & Doucoure not defending from the corner).
I don't think he played well - his spot kicks did result in some of our better chances/positions in the first half, but the corner before the goal it was bad for him to not get shut of it, and you can't have a little huff after losing the ball in front of the manager.
He was right to get hooked off, but so should Doucoure, McNeil had offered ZERO the first half, and DCL didn't even connect with a gilt edged chance and was useless. But the manager has his favourites... he's fortunate one of them came up trumps for him.
The way you're going on he had an Ashley Young red card level performance - and for whatever reason, I think you're blowing the negative of his performance up out of all proportion.