“From the Field Notes of Dr. Scuttle.

"A most vexing day for experiments. I am afraid that my minions were feeling rather fragile! After I was most unfairly dismissed by an overzealous referee, my team simply fell apart. Perhaps they could not hear my squeaking from the sidelines, or maybe they simply need better mind implants."

"By the mid-point of the second half all living rats were unconcious or injured, leaving just my wonderful machines left on the pitch. The goblins dragged them down with sheer weight of numbers and proceeded to apply chainsaw surgery to them for the remainder of the match. A horde of goblins would hold the robot down, and then the diabolical surgeon would approach with his buzzsaw for some cutting working. But I was pleased to see that their armour held up throughout!"

"Alas the same cannot be said for the flesh and blood rats, who are in need of a culling. Kruk broke his spine but his organs are functional and will be distributed to the rest of the team - as both a warning, an inspiration and a source of food...."”