Build the best PL team of all time with limitations

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So today was a quiet day at work and one of my fellow work friends set me a task that I actually found harder than it sounds.

So basically you have to create the best team you possibly can from when the premier league was created since 1992.

The rules are:
*You must state what team the player played for.
*You can only use one player from one team (example, if you chose Henry for a forward, you cant have another player from Arsenal) BUT if you choose someone like Rooney, you can use that he played for Everton and this will allow you to still choose someone from Man U
*You can use any formation that you like.

So the team that I managed to come up with is

GK - Peter Schmeichel (Aston Villa)
DF - Pablo Zabaleta (Man City)
DF - Sol Campbell (Portsmouh)
DF - John Terry (Chelsea)
DF - John Arne Riise (Liverpool)
MD - David Ginola (Newcastle)
MD - Eric Cantona (Man U)
MD - Gareth Bale (Tottenham)
ST - Wayne Rooney (Everton)
ST - Alan Shearer (Blackburn)
ST - Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

Obviously different people will have different opinions differing on age of people etc. but it'll be nice to see how many people include the same type of people etc.

Anyways, lets see what other people can come up with.
 
GK: Friedel (Spurs)
LB: Riise (Fulham)
CB: Henchoz (Wigan)
CB: Babbel (Blackburn)
RB: Finnan (Portsmouth)
LM: Barnes (Newcastle)
CM: Mascherano (West Ham)
CM: Gerrard (Liverpool)
RM: McManaman (Man City)
ST: Fowler (Leeds)
ST: Torres (Chelsea)
 
Ah... but can I have say, Ruud Van Nistelrooy (PSV), Eric Cantona (Leeds), Beckham (ManU), Andy Cole (Fulham) etc etc :p

Edit:

GK: Friedel (Spurs)
LB: Riise (Fulham)
CB: Henchoz (Wigan)
CB: Babbel (Blackburn)
RB: Finnan (Portsmouth)
LM: Barnes (Newcastle)
CM: Mascherano (West Ham)
CM: Gerrard (Liverpool)
RM: McManaman (Man City)
ST: Fowler (Leeds)
ST: Torres (Chelsea)

That way of doing it? lol
 
Should be included in the rules that can not have player that played for the club at any time.

Otherwise there is nothing stopping me from having say Cantona, Schmeichel, Carrick, Rooney, Ronaldo. All different clubs but thier peak was all United.
 
gk: VDS (Fulham)
Lb: Shaw (Southampton)
CB: Carragher (Liverpool)
CB: Mascherano (WHU)
RB: Seamus Coleman (Everton)

LW : Giggs (Man Utd)
DM : Viera (Arsenal)
AM : Lampard (Chelsea)
RW - Placeholder

Fwd : Sherringham (Spurs)
Fwd : Shearer (Newcastle)
 
GK: Peter schmeichel Villa
DF:Asley Cole Crystal Palce
DF: Denis Irwin Wolves
DF: Sol Campbell Spurs
DF:Rio Ferdinand Leeds

MF: Keane Notts forest
MF: Kanchelskis Everton
MF: Lampard Chelsea
MF: Ronaldo Manu

FW: Shearer Newcastle
FW: Henry Arsenal
 
GK: Petr Cech (Arsenal)
RB: Lee Dixon (stoke)
CB:Rio Ferdinand (Leeds)
CB:John Terry (west Ham)
LB: Ashley Cole (crystal Palace)
RM:Robert Pirès (Aston villa)
CM: Steven Gerrard (liverpool) :(
CM:Frank Lampard (chelsea)
LM: Ryan Giggs (Man UTD)
FC:Shearer (newcastle united)
FC: Wayne Rooney (Everton)
 
GK: Friedel (Spurs)
RB: Ivanovic (Chelsea)
CB: Hendry (Blackburn)
CB: Adams (Arsenal)
LB: Cole (Palace :p )
RW: Ginola (Villa)
CM: Vieira (Man City)
CM: Keane (Forrest)
LW: Giggs (Man U)
FW: Shearer (Newcastle)
FW: Rooney (Everton)
 
Tried to do a proper team only using one Premiership club players. This was not easy :o

GK: Butland (Stoke)

LB: Fuchs (Leicester)
CB: Kompany (Man City)
CB: Radebe (Leeds)
RB: Coleman (Everton)

LM: Bale (Spurs)
CM: Gerrard (Liverpool)
DM: Makelele (Chelsea)
CM: Le Tissier (Southampton)
RM: Ronaldo (Man United)

ST: Henry (Arsenal)
 
GK: Peter schmeichel Villa
DF: Graeme Le Saux Blackburn
DF: Garry Neville Man Utd
DF: John Terry Chelsea
DF: Rio Ferdinand Leeds

MF: Roy Keane Notts forest
MF: Frank Lampard West Ham
MF: Gareth Bale Tottenham
MF: Steve McManaman Man City

FW: Alan Shearer Newcastle
FW: Henry Arsenal
 
Schmeichel - Villa
Desailly - Chelsea
Radebe - Leeds
Campbell - Portsmouth
Gerrard - Liverpool
Gascgoine - Newcastle
Vieira - City
Ronaldo - Man U
Henry - Arsenal
Shearer - Blackburn
Kanoute - Spurs
 
GK: Friedel (Blackburn)

LB: Pearce (Forest)
CB: Hangeland (Fulham)
CB: Hyypiä (Liverpool)
RB: Petrescu (Wednesday)

LM: Bale (Spurs)
CM: Lombardo (Palace)
CM: Juninho (Middlesboro)
RM: Giggs (Man United)

ST: Bergkamp (Arsenal)
ST: Yeboah (leeds)
 
Some people above have errors in their team, you can't have Gazza at Newcastle because he never played for them in the Prem (could change to Boro though).

Tried to do a proper team only using one Premiership club players. This was not easy :o

GK: Butland (Stoke)

LB: Fuchs (Leicester)
CB: Kompany (Man City)
CB: Radebe (Leeds)
RB: Coleman (Everton)

LM: Bale (Spurs)
CM: Gerrard (Liverpool)
DM: Makelele (Chelsea)
CM: Le Tissier (Southampton)
RM: Ronaldo (Man United)

ST: Henry (Arsenal)

Your version of the rules is far more interesting to me so I'm going with that.
...However I then looked at your team and figured it would be very similar. I targetted LB as an area for improvement thinking maybe I could bring in someone from Leeds (replacing Radebe with Hierro) like Dorigo but found they had played for multiple clubs.
 
Yeah, I wasn't happy with the GK or my LB and was originally going to pick Southall and Pearce. I completely forgot Pearce had also played for Newcastle, West Ham and Man City but was very confident Southall was a good choice. 1 bloody game for Bradford FFS!
 
I like the look of this post! Without trawling through my premier league books I don't think ill nail it as ill forget some hidden gems! but... here goes

4-3-3

GK- Van Der Saar - Fulham

LB - Ashley Cole - Crystal Palace
CB - John Terry - Chelsea
CB - Sol Campbell - Portsmouth
RB - Gary Neville - Manchester United

Mid - Matt Le Tissier - Southampton
Mid - Gerrard - Liverpool
Mid - Lampard - West Ham

FW - Henry - Arsenal
FW - Shearer - Newcastle
FW - Bale - Spuds
 
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