The late Ebbe Skovdahl had a favourite saying about statistics.
“They're just like mini-skirts, they give you good ideas but hide the most important thing,” the former Aberdeen boss famously said.
Well Russell Martin is starting to feel the same way after seeing his team suffer another dressing down from the frustrated Ibrox support.
The Rangers boss watched his team edge a step closer towards a £40million Champions League payday by beating Viktoria Plzen on Tuesday.
But instead of congratulations for teeing up a do-or-die play-off shout-out with Club Brugge, Martin and his team have been lampooned for the ragged performance which very nearly saw them blow their 3-0 first-leg lead.
Gers may have banked a £3.7million bonus for progressing past the Czechs but the only fi