the only finals he single handedly won for them was the copa del ray against Barca where he abused Batra, but outside his first 2 seasons. But lets be honest, switch him with any decent winger like Sane or Di Maria, they still win the same amount of trophies. He's not a flop but he definitely didn't live up to their expectations.
You can say that about any single player in Madrid. CR7 didn't play a minute and they didn't look like they needed him at all.
Madrid is great because hey have a defense that's strong/quick and can go forward better than most wingers.
Their midfield of Kroos, Modric and Cas are probably the best in the world. That's why upfront they don't need their attackers to score that much. Benzema hardly looks like he's does anything but not a lot of quality strikers are willing to put in work without beings the main target man.
The only player that would be irreplaceable would be modric imo
People forget Bale put up very good numbers
We are just spoiled by MSN and Ronaldo
13/14 season - 44 App 22 Goals 19 Assists
14/15 season - 48 App 17 Goals 12 Assists
15/16 season - 31 App 19 Goals 15 Assists
Those are very good numbers. Last year he barley played but he's far from a flop and he would automatically make any team better with him there.