In goal: Werner Friese, who was the backup East Germany goalkeeper at the 1974 World Cup. He didn’t get on the pitch, but he’s perfect for this team. Backup keeper is Man Utd’s Ben Froster.
Defence: Always a tough area when picking a themed XI, as defenders tend to be less well known than any other position. But we did eventually get four names. Ex Denmark defender Søren Colding can play right back. The pun-tastic Man Utd defender Snomenja Vidic is partnered by the sounds a bit like “chilly” Giorgio Chiellini in central defence. Left back duties go to former Everton defender midfielder Ian Snodin. Because some people in Hull actually were snowed in.
Midfield: Plenty of options in midfield so I’ll just get on with it and list them. We’ve got former Netherlands and Ajax midfielder Aron Winter, current Bristol Rovers defensive mid Dominic Blizzard, Ajax (but currently on loan at Bristol City) midfielder Evander Sno are all ideal. There’s also Steve Snow, who I’d never heard of until yesterday, but he was capped twice by the USA in 1988/89.
Attack: Lots of strikers to choose from too. There’s Lukas PodolSKI obviously, but then once you start punning it’s very hard to stop. Dimitar Brrrbatov started the whole thing, St. Nicklas Bendtner is a little out of season but still relevant, while Bobblehat Zamora is just plain hilarious (plus, he’s in form). But the icing on the cake, in terms of both quality of player and excellence of worldplay, has to be Den Iceberg Kamp.
Here’s my final Winter Weather XI, playing a sort of 4-3-1-2:
Werner Friese
Søren Colding – Snomenja Vidic – Giorgio Chiellini – Ian Snodin
Dominic Blizzard – Aron Winter – Evander Sno
Den Icerberg Kamp
Lukas Podolski – Bobblehat Zamora
Subs: Ben Froster, Steve Snow, Dimitar Brrrbatov, St. Nicklas Bendtner
Manager will obviously be either Millwall’s Kenny Jackett or Nigel Winterburn. All games to be refereed by Jeff Winter.
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