This is how it feels to be Celtic as heightening Champions League fury targets board, flops and dismal record

It's an undeniable fact Brendan Rodgers was the man in the dugout for Celtic's latest Champions League disaster during the 6-0 beating at the hands of Atletico Madrid.

But it feels foolish to blame the Irishman for the trials and tribulations of a club who have been rendered incapable of laying a glove in this tournament since the days Rodgers was still at Swansea, half of the current first team were playing youth football and the vote for Scottish Independence was still to be ratified. Ange Postecoglou suffered his own tales of woe and is now the darling of the English Premier League after revolutionising Tottenham. Rounding on the manager feels like a cop out.

Yes, there were a host of abject displays on the pitch but that has been a familiar story before Diego Simeone's side ran roughshod over 10 overmatched men once Daizen Maeda was given his marching orders, a decision which left Rodgers raging. No, there's something deeper at work here and Celtic fans want answers. A mix of apathy and anger has supporters begging for an explanation why their fantasy nights of bygone era have turned into horror they cannot escape from.

The saying 'lies, damned lies, and statistics', is often used in argument to rail against the notion of galling data, however, there is no way to dress up the disastrous numbers behind Celtic's record in the Champions League. It's only one win in their last 25 home or away, two victories in 35 away games and the lowest win rate in tournament history.

Those numbers would be tough enough to stomach without factoring in the reality that a large section of the club's fanbase know what success in this tournament looks like. Martin O'Neill and Gordon Strachan combined to see a run of only one group stage