Lots of talk in the Brendan thread about the "minimum" requirement. Just wondering and this is one for the Rafa fan club really, what do you think is HIS minimum standard for this season?
My take is that it will be hard to displace Barcelona as league champions unless Messi gets banned for tax evasion or something equally out of left field. As such and even if we accept that, with the squad Madrid have they really ought to be able to push Barca very close and must surely be able to finish second? I know Athletico have their best team for years, but there really is no comparison in terms of squad.
The Spanish Cup depends on how seriously they all take it over there (I genuinely don't know/have no interest) but I would expect Madrid to go well in the Champions League. They reached the semi last season, won it the season before that and have a squad of fantastic players so I would expect them to at least reach the same level as last time.
So what do you all reckon, what's Benitez's minimum standard at Madrid? Obviously it's something of a moot point as he could win the treble and still get sacked at that club, but just for fun like.
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