Excuses are a useful crux when dealing with a harsh reality. And that is where Rangers' vanquished Europa League opponents find themselves on Friday Morning Steaua Bucharest?
More like Needarest. And a nation is unloading untold anger on their hands-on owner, under-fire manager and beleaguered players.
This feels every inch the post mortem which is currently taking place. Rangers won 4-0, but, in truth, it could have been double that as Steaua crumbled and Philippe Clement's side rose to the challenge thanks to a deadly double from Vaclav Cerny, a strike from Tom Lawrence and Hamza Igamane's first in Light Blue.
It was utter domination and the Belgian boss was full of belief at the final whistle. But such good vibes were missing in the opposite camp. Record Sport was on hand to take the temperature of those with a vested interest in FCSB. "That's how great the fall of our club football has been in the last 15 years, from the imposing stature of that success with four goals scored by Unirea Urziceni at Ibrox to the abyss of this public execution with four goals conceded by FCSB.