Career Thomas Buitink and the road to 1K (COMPLETE)

[Ashez]

1 hour ago, Taff said:

Cheers dude I'm hoping to have an update up for you guys tomorrow which will shed some more light

Now I'm caught up I'll be here . I hope this is the inspiring season you need  

[Taff]

Thomas Buitink and the Road to 1K

Season 14

So is this is, is this the end of the line, unless I can get myself and Buitink a move then I fear it is.

The opening months of the season gave me little encouragement as there were no suitable jobs available, so we plowed on

We began the season as usual looking to get Buitink firing, incase this was our last season

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We won both the Dutch and Euro Supercups

We fail to top our UCL group for the first time in forever, coming stuck against a really strong Chelsea side

Buitink and Hernandez reclaim their 1st and 2nd places in the WPOTY 

But Buitink wasn't hitting the mark as much as I wanted, but with early transfer offers and constant requests to leave, which I had to turn down, his morale hit an all time low, so I was surprised in a way he was hitting the goal at all, 

By mid december he was netting at an avg of 1 per game

But then a Miracle an actual Christmas Miracle

I get the move I need, and what's more important is they gave me £109M, which was a very good thing considering the state of the squad when I took over

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What they expect me to do with about 5 fit players I don't know, but I see this every time I look at a team I might move too and the amount of times 90% of the squad are injured or unfit is crazy

but the money also meant.....

BUITINK AND I ARE REUNITED IN LONDON, AND THE PRESS WENT NUTS COMING OUT FOR THE UNVEILING IN JANUARY

(Huge thanks to @FuddledFox for this AWESOME graphic work, I think @PriZe is going to choke on his Bamboo when he sees this)

So this is the kick in the pants I need to get this challenge done, and looking at Buitinks stats the minute he was signed, I think he got a kick too

An instant improvement with his pace, finally breaking the green barrier and 5 stats now at 20, maybe this challenge isn't dead yet

We took over at the Gunners with them laying in 10th place in the EPL, but thankfully still in both the FA and EFL cups as well as the Euro Cup knockout stage, so with a new manager and a new star striker, we set off to re-take the world of football

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Domestic

We start off easy, progressing and winning the EFL Cup

We manage to win the league on the last day of the season thanks to Chelsea beating Liverpool

And the boys held strong and Ruane nets the winner in ET to clinch domestic treble 5 months after Buitink and I join the team

Euro Cup

FCP are our first opponents but a brace from Buitink in the second leg makes sure there's no miraculous come back and we move on to the next round.  Up next Fiorentina 

Who also suffer at the hands of Buitink who scored another brace in the 2nd leg to ensure a 4-0 agg victory and Arsenal keep on going, our next victims Sevilla in the Euro Cup Quarterfinals 

This time a brace from my young IF Friend is just the icing on the cake to a fantastic 7-3 agg win, and Arsenal move on to the semifinals to face Valencia, the first game ends in a tense 2-1 win, so all we need to do is hold out, but....

We spank them hard, the boys really clicking and we walk away having netted 8 in the game (10 over both) and Arsenal are into the Euro Cup Final extremely high on confidence and A. Bilbao stand between us and the cup 

But they couldn't take the heat, and we smash 3 past them before parking the bus and waiting to lift that Cup

So one hell of a first half season in charge of the Gunners, winning a domestic treble and the Euro Cup

But did Buitink enjoy playing in England

His stats tell me he has, look at all that green, my mouth is watering (can't understand the jump though, I thought maybe it was because Arsenal has "state of the art" training facilities, but when I looked back so did PSV, it's strange but I'm not complaining)

He was doing very well, but the reason he didn't score in the Euro or FA Cup Finals

3 week injury just before the finals 

but how did he do

33 in 27, not too bad for his first half a season in England

so with that and the 25 he scored before I left he nets 58 for the season (about the same as he was, but his stats are better and I'm hoping his first full season will go better

Thomas Buitink

Games Played: 647

Goals Scored: 691

Goals Remaining: 309

So we are getting there, and this move has given me a huge confidence boost that I can at least net the 1000, not getting anywhere near the leaderboard (which for a self proclaimed leaderboard addict like me is painful to admit), but Now for the first time in a long time, I believe he can finish it

Here's the the boring bits (team stats are a bit squiffy with obviously players having played games before my arrival, but what the hell, I'll share anyway) 

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Transfers

Incase your interested what I spent my £109M on

My new star striker, a great little French player in Christophe Reine-Adelaide who can play as a W/IF/AP/PCR and Alfie Bingham as a new LB to help out the only other 1 I had

Fixtures

My reign began with the 1-2 loss at West Ham, but it got better after that

Out of the 40 odd games we played between Dec and May we won all but two drawing with Stoke and Wolves, but a great way to start your managerial career at a new club

Team Stats

As I said these are a but misleading, but what the hell

Buitink ends as the top scorer, with Friend a close second thanks to some awesome displays as my IF

Gribbin and Choudhury top assists, but only Choudhury has a future with my squad

Season Awards

Buitink and Friend end the season as the EPLs top two players

My new French star Reine-Adelaide just misses out on the EPL YPOTY

And apparently taking Arsenal to a domestic treble wasn't enough to secure the MOTY award

So there we have it guys, new life has been breathed into this save and I'm super excited to get cracking (have my first full Gunners season ready, and I'll write that up and get it posted ASAP

Cheers for all the support, cheers again to @FuddledFox for the great graphic work and cheers as always to @Ashez who is always there to kick my ass into gear

See you all on the flip side

[AzmiG26]

Finally, you got the move you need! Buitink looks great in Arsenal! He's (still) 29, you can do it!

[Taff]

4 minutes ago, AzmiG26 said:

Finally, you got the move you need! Buitink looks great in Arsenal! He's (still) 29, you can do it!

Thanks dude, I'll get the other season up at some point today

 

[Ashez]

Fantastic developments mate! I think it'll go down to the wire but I believe in you  

[FuddledFox]

Great that you and Buitink got the move you wanted. Interesting how his stats went up with the move even though he is now at the peak of his career and you wouldn't expect much development at this stage. I think he will be firing on all cylinders next season and we will see some BIG numbers until you hit the magic 1k

I'm glad you like graphic even though I made it I still had a chuckle when I saw it . 

Happy to help anyone with a graphic if I can. Just DM me.

[Taff]

Thomas Buitink and the Road to 1K

Season 15

So here we are guys, 15 seasons in and still 300+ goals to get (fair play to @setiawanjimmy and @AzmiG26 for getting theirs done so fast)

We finally got the move both Buitink and I had been waiting for half way through last season, so how did my star Dutch striker get on with his first full season in the EPL

First thing I had to do was give the squad much more depth and quality (especially in defence)

Transfers

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So many new players coming in I can't go through them all, but here's the highlights Jung-Hwan Kim was the best find of the season, playing as my BBM he was amazing and all for free.  Mendes was by far and away the most expensive signing, but was a great buy and worked incredibly hard as either a RB or CD.  I also bought 3/4 new CD, 3 new RB and 2 new LB as well as new players for other positions but all this for less than £100M is good going in my books

Some players who thought they deserved better left the club and we managed to make a decent £44M for them 

So with a whole heap of new players in Buitink and I began or first full season in the English football

Competitions

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Domestic

We began the season with the Community Shield against last years 2nd placed team Chelsea

And Buitink nets a hat-trick (ok two penalties but I don't mind they all count) and we start the season off with a bang

We then face off against Chelsea again for the EFL Cup

Another fantastic win, and we lift our 3rd piece of silverware of the season

The league went fantastically, at the halfway point

We had won all 19 games and racked up some impressive numbers, we then carried on until we lost our first game at #25

We won the league with 8 games to go 

And finished the season having dropped 5 points all season with a loss to United and a draw with Liverpool on the last game of the year

We also added the FA cup for the second year after being held to a 1-1 draw by Leicester for the 90 minutes, Friend and Buitink combine to score 3 in ET and see us end the game 4-1 winners

Europe

We began the our European Season with a fun little game in the Euro Supercup, our opponents none other than our old club PSV

The game ended 1-1, after a further 30 minutes it ended 3-3 and then we prevail thanks to a tight penalty shootout

We then move on and begin our group stage in the UCL, this year we face off against some seriously tough opposition in AC Milan, Bayern and Dynamo Kiev

But the team were just amazing, winning all 6 group games and then progressing to the knockout rounds.  Our first opponents Olympique Lyonnais

And they fall hard conceding 4 goals in both games and we end the two legs as 8-1 winners.  We move on to the quarterfinals to face our old team once again

The first game, just goes our way thanks to a 3-2 victory, we then manage to hold them to a goalless draw back at the Emirates, and we move on to the UCL Semi Finals to face Barcelona 

And the boys really outdid themselves here, losing the first leg 1-2, then waiting till the 90th minute to net the equaliser and winner all in the space of 5 minutes (OK so technically Buitinks goal would have been the winner as we would have gone through on away goals, but still my heart can't take games like this), and for the second year running Arsenal are through to a European Cup Final and this time we face fellow English club Liverpool

And we make no mistake this time bagging the win thanks to a great team effort

So a fantastic season for the club winning all that was put before us and I am incredibly impressed with our turnout in the league this year, Go Gunners

But now onto the most important bit of this whole update, did Buitink finally find his legs and score some serious goals

Looking at these stats you'd think he'd be banging in 150 a season, but....

He did just half that, but has his best season ever netting 75 goals in 57 games, and all my panicking and it turns out the boy is just a very very late bloomer

Thomas Buitink

Games Played: 704

Goals Scored: 766

Goals Remaining: 244

Here's the rest of the info incase you're interested 

Season Info

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Fixtures

Team Stats

Buitink by far and away the top scorer, but Friend chipped in with 29 from the IF position (and yes thats goals stollen from Buitink, but I'm not greedy)

Choudhury tops the assist list, but after him there evenly spread out between Buitink (AF), Friend (IF), Kerk (AP/CM) and Kim (BBM)

Season Awards

Buitink nails yet another WPOTY award, but glad to see Kim getting his recognition as well

Buitink and Friend share 1st and 2nd spot in the EPL POTY

Reine-Adelaide clinches the YPOTY this year with my young RW Robinson claiming 2nd place

And there is no mistake this year as I clinch the MOTY award

So there we have it, Buitink is now 31 and still has over 200 goals to get, but If he has another season like this one I'm sure he can get there

All comments and support are appreciated 

See you guys soon, (I'll get the first round of the Olympics out of the way then crack on with another season here, want to get this one done as I have one more 1K I want to get done before FMM18)

 

 

[Taff]

2 hours ago, Ashez said:

Fantastic developments mate! I think it'll go down to the wire but I believe in you  

Cheers Ash, glad to see how his first full season went, just hope there's enough juice left in him before the end

1 hour ago, FuddledFox said:

Great that you and Buitink got the move you wanted. Interesting how his stats went up with the move even though he is now at the peak of his career and you wouldn't expect much development at this stage. I think he will be firing on all cylinders next season and we will see some BIG numbers until you hit the magic 1k

I'm glad you like graphic even though I made it I still had a chuckle when I saw it . 

Happy to help anyone with a graphic if I can. Just DM me.

Anyone who wants graphic work, this is you man right here and as his agent I get 25% of whatever you pay him 

[FuddledFox]

12 minutes ago, Taff said:

Anyone who wants graphic work, this is you man right here and as his agent I get 25% of whatever you pay him 

Still waiting for you to pay me

Nice first full season for your boy maybe he will be like Zlatan and still have another 6 years left in him.

[Taff]

2 minutes ago, FuddledFox said:

Still waiting for you to pay me

Nice first full season for your boy maybe he will be like Zlatan and still have another 6 years left in him.

Did you not get the cheque I sent? 

Yeah lets hope he has Zlats anti aging potion and can carry on, he needs at least four more seasons (if he nets 61 a season I'm fine), but lets hope he carries on the way he is

[AzmiG26]

A massive jump in Buitink's numbers! And no, my isn't done yet lol, I've been busy for weeks.

[Taff]

29 minutes ago, AzmiG26 said:

A massive jump in Buitink's numbers! And no, my isn't done yet lol, I've been busy for weeks.

Sorry dude, I thought you had yours finished, But you're not far off anyway, once you get back to it you'll smash it

[danovic78]

Nice move across to the Gooners, @Taff

His stats look unbelievable now! 

[Taff]

2 minutes ago, danovic78 said:

Nice move across to the Gooners, @Taff

His stats look unbelievable now! 

Cheers dude, just started the new season and his pace has dropped back to 13 which is worrying, but I'll keep playing until he drops dead on the pitch 

[BatiGoal]

There's no way he is not going to make the 1000. He simply looks too good for that. Keep going mate!

[PriZe]

WOW nice graphiczzzzz @FuddledFox

@Taff slacking mate slacking

[Paul186]

two great season keep it up and you will soon have your 1k

[Scratch]

Great couple of seasons there mate and the move seems to have paid off.

I've very intrigued about the attribute jump though. I've noticed that players seem to be developing slower than I'd expect at Feyenoord. Also my Celtic version of Armstrong was a pale comparison of the version I had at various English clubs in my Second Chances career. The supporting cast were all better than I'd got at Celtic too. 

It looks to me as though English teams get a boost. Maybe it's due to the reputation of the club / league. Maybe it's due to the actual coaches (there was a thread 6 months or so ago about coaches having hidden CA / PA in the DB, and most people thought that was for the future and badges was the only important now, but maybe it's not). 

But... I only had Armstrong in the Championship and below, so the coaches weren't top notch, the facilities not that great, the reputation of the clubs and the leagues not that high, and still I saw a better result with training... So maybe it is just a straight up country boost...

[Taff]

7 hours ago, Paul186 said:

two great season keep it up and you will soon have your 1k

Cheers dude, just want to get it done now as there is 1 more 1K I want to try before November

57 minutes ago, scratch99 said:

Great couple of seasons there mate and the move seems to have paid off.

I've very intrigued about the attribute jump though. I've noticed that players seem to be developing slower than I'd expect at Feyenoord. Also my Celtic version of Armstrong was a pale comparison of the version I had at various English clubs in my Second Chances career. The supporting cast were all better than I'd got at Celtic too. 

It looks to me as though English teams get a boost. Maybe it's due to the reputation of the club / league. Maybe it's due to the actual coaches (there was a thread 6 months or so ago about coaches having hidden CA / PA in the DB, and most people thought that was for the future and badges was the only important now, but maybe it's not). 

But... I only had Armstrong in the Championship and below, so the coaches weren't top notch, the facilities not that great, the reputation of the clubs and the leagues not that high, and still I saw a better result with training... So maybe it is just a straight up country boost...

Yeah I was very surprised, if it had gone up after a while then fair enough, but it jumped as soon as he put a Gunners shirt on which I find strange, then this season they dropped back down, but that might be his age creeping in, but a very odd phenomenon 

[samhardy]

Great seasons! Back in control now

[Taff]

21 minutes ago, samhardy said:

Great seasons! Back in control now

Only time will tell now, but feeling more confident than I was

[Taff]

Thomas Buitink and the Road to 1K

Season 16

So now into our 16th year of the Partnership and both Buitink and I have found a new lease on life since joining the gunners a year and a half ago.

We went into this season with Buitink having had his best season to date netting 75 and assisting with 18, so the team is flying and we went into this one looking to solidify our place in history

Transfers

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Made some big buys this year recruiting some very talented players.  Deivson Caldeira Duarte and Dias came in as my new AP players (with the bonus that one can play on the Wings and the other upfront) Watson came in as a new starting CD, Rodriguez Garcia I grabbed from PSV as a great backup keeper and Vieira as a very cheap RW option

Only freebies leaving this year, with some of the old, young and unwanted leaving the club 

 So with my £165M worth of new players in the squad we set off to continue our dominance of the world of football

Competitions

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Domestic

We began the season as we always have with the opening cup game, this time the Community Shield, and we took on Chelsea once again

We were held to a 1-1 draw but prevailed on penalties and win another piece of silverware for the cabinet 

We manage to beat Stoke to the EFL cup, but looking at the shots, we should have done better

We strolled once again to the EPL Title

Winning the league with 9 games to go and not having suffered a single loss or draw to this point

Just the one blemish as we fluff our lines against Stoke in the last but one game, but only 2 dropped points all year and manage to net a hefty 113 goals while only conceding 15

Sadly we couldn't make it the perfect domestic season losing out to Man City in the FA Cup Semi Final

Thanks to a 96th minute winner (talk about Fergie Time)

Europe

We began this season with the Euro Supercup game against Roma

And a brace from both Buitink and Dias makes sure there are no problems and the team won their second cup of the season

Our UCL group this year consisted of Roma, Hamburg and Celtic

And they were all swept aside by the mighty Gunners as we clean sweep the group and progress to the knockout rounds

First up Portugals FCP

The first game ended with FCP holding a narrow 1-2 lead, but a hat-trick from Dias and one from my young RW Robinson was more than enough to see off the Portuguese team and see Arsenal through to the quarter finals where we come up against the Italian boys of AC Milan

But a 2-0 win at home and a good 2-1 win away saw us move on to the semi finals of the UCL to face fellow English Club Chelsea, and the second leg here was by far and away my favourite game of the season if not the whole of FMM17

After a great 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge, we bring the Blues back to the Emirates where they are SLAUGHTERED like COWS in a huge 9-0 win, with Buitink having his best game of the challenge netting 4, and thanks to a huge 12-0 agg score we move on to the UCL finals where the Italys Inter Milan were waiting 

a good 2-0 win here and we are crowned champions of Europe once again, but after the game against Chelsea this felt like a let down, but a good season

CWC

A hat-trick from Buitink plus goals from three others grant us a great 6-0 win over San Lorenzo and clinch the CWC for the Gunners

So only one blip this year missing out on the FA Cup, but winning everything else

but now onto the big question and thats how did Buitink do

His physical stats took a bit of a hit this year with his pace, stamina and strength all dropping to 14, but still has 5 20's in there so still plenty of life in him, just need to be a bit more cautious with him

He ended the season with 67 goals in 59 games, taking his tally over the 800 mark, but still a long way to go and now it's a race with his stats declining but still confident at the moment, I'll see how the next season goes

Thomas Buitink

Games Played: 763

Goals Scored: 833

Goals Remaining: 167

Here's the rest of the season info if you like to read it

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Fixtures

Team Stats

Buitink still top, but my AP and IF grabbing 22 each (which I know is a lot, but I don't think I can only rely on Buitink anymore)

My BBM Kim top of the assist list but Buitink once again laying on 18 assists with another 16 coming from my LWB Furtado

Season Awards

Buitink wins another WPOTY with my young French IF/AP/AF Reine-Adelaide coming in 2nd place

Buitink and Dias share the spotlight in the EPL POTY

And a MOTY award for me as well

So there we have it guys season 16 all wrapped up, there is still a long way to go, but hopefully I can get him there

[PriZe]

A long way this is in the bags mate 2-3 seasons and your their! 

[Taff]

10 minutes ago, PriZe said:

A long way this is in the bags mate 2-3 seasons and your their! 

Cheers Prize just hope he can last

[FuddledFox]

You got this mate ?

[danovic78]

Another solid season. Injury free and he should knock it over in 3 seasons I think...

[Scratch]

Yeah, I'll echo the others and say "You got this!". I think it should be pretty straight forward from here. He looks fantastic even with the decline in physical attributes and he's got another couple of big years in him yet (followed by however many medium years you need).

[BatiGoal]

I knew that Dutchie would pull through, if it wasn't for him  you got this, mate.

[Taff]

I wasn't sure but if he can keep up this early season form this year then I'll be a lot more confident in his abilities 

 

 

[Taff]

Thomas Buitink and the (LONG ASS) Road to 1K

Season 17

OK I'll Apologise now, but this is a mad rush update as the computer threw a wobbly and deleted everything I'd just spent the last hour updating and now I have to go and don't know when I'll get a chance so here's the important bits (the rest is just going to be a smash of screenshots)

Thomas Buitink

So this year (after the first 5/6) I switched to a 4411 and Buitink seemed to love it, I also landed the Holland Job and Buitnink managed a few there too

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Screenshot proving Buitink had scored 58 INT goals before I took over

End of the season and he has 7 more INT goals (not huge but might be a life saver)

Here's how he did everywhere else

GET IN!!!!!! 78 goals in 52 games and he killed it

Thomas Buitink

Games Played: 815

Goals Scored: 911

INT Goals: 7

Goals Remaining: 89 (82) *Don't know if I want to get him 1000 Club goals, but the 1000 comes first)

Ok this next spoiler contains everything else for the season (sorry again)

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Transfers

Competitions

Fixtures

Team Stats

Season Awards

 

There it is, again sorry for the rush but I can't spend another hour writing this up, a huge season winning everything, an amazing league campaign going 38-0-0 and scoring 131 goals while allowing only 16

Hope you enjoy and I'll see you all on the flip side