They had to pop the balloons? Well, that was certainly more fun than just letting them decorate the pitch.

To Spike, the best thing about balloons was the fact they could be popped...noisily. Unless they had helium in. And then he carefully made a hole so he could have the maximum squeaky voice effect.

...anyway. Back to action on the pitch...

Spike spotted a green balloon, and sped towards it. Taking his arm back, he built up some momentum, and went to hit it. Or not. Spike glared at the balloon, unsure if he'd missed, or the lucky thing had just floated on by unscathed. Heh.

Gritting his teeth, Spike tried again.

POP!

Resulttttt.