Some good points, but yet another piece of efectism nonsense, Real have more problems than the goals scored by Ronaldo, were they 1-0 wins or a hat trick in a game they were already winning 2-0.
1) The cup situation, it would be nice
if Ronaldo actually was a factor in that competition the last 4 seasons, he wasn't. You can argue "well but it's a leg against Barcelona. big games, he'd show up for that and score those chances". Well, fair point, but that leads to the second argument. League is almost the same, Ronaldo was there past season, even with his goals they lost the league months before.
2) Vinicius has been the best player for Real Madrid the last two months, no question about it, best man in the game vs Ajax, 2nd leg vs Barcelona, shining in league... the problem is Ronaldo and Vinicius play in the same spot, the argument that Ronaldo would bury the chances Vinicius creates is absurd, because if he's on the pitch, Vinicius rides the bench. That's true for the Ajax leg too, Ronaldo is a player that scores a ton of goals, but hardly creates his chances 30 or 40 meters away from the goal anymore, that's all the chances Vinicius has brought to the team, you can put him in the right wing, we don't know how he'll perform there, and you lose the workrate of Lucas Vazquez and get Ronaldo jogging around the area, total switch of chemistry.
3) Chance creation and ball retention. It's nice talking about how Reguilon helps Real Madrid defend better on his wing, and how he runs and runs, but he's not Marcelo, and never will be, on his good or decent days, Marcelo is a competent defender (Reguilon still a level above him) an extra midfielder (no other LB in the world plays football, the sport with the ball, better than Marcelo), an incisive and polivalent winger (who can open the pitch and put some of the best crosses out there, or cut inside to link up) and maybe the best scoring LB in the world too. All of that is gone, Madrid are weaker defending with the ball, creating inside chances, wing chances and scoring, just by being marginally better on the defensive end, because Reguilon isn't the second coming of Maldini either.
So, would Ronaldo elevate the level of this Real Madrid, or could the opposite effect happen too, Real Madrid being so bad this season to drag Ronaldo to the grave with them?. If you do the logical thing, Ronaldo comes in for the best player they already have, all those 1vs1 dribbling chances and the electrifying speed are gone, they become more stale, Marcelo isn't there to link with Ronaldo either, you get Reguilon, Bale still plays like ass, how does Ronaldo being in the pitch improve Casemiro's poor defensive performances
(tactical wise, you saw what Alvaro Benito said about Rakitic's goal? that's on the coach) or how does having CR7 in there help Modric's form in the first months when he was gassed after the WC?.
Goals are one part of the problem. But a minor one, there's bad coach selection and then too little patience, subpar squad building, bad ego management and that stingy point that mostly Marcelo and Bale might feel, stars being mistreated by the board because they feel their cycle has ended, starting with Ronaldo, following with Bale and Marcelo later, it's either stick with the board, like Ramos, Benzema or Modric have done, or be singled out as a rebelious character and get sold in the coming windows.