You've heard the expression "Leaping like a hedgehog"? Well, that's what Horace is doing.
We're sorry to have missed it, but the result makes up for that
And why do the rissoles assume that Wade was rightly dismissed and that the ref wasn't conned. That's what Cotts seems to think.
Of course, bloody useless Radio Drivel failed at the critical point, so we have no idea