Wherever orcs gather, goblins tend to appear, crawling out of the woodwork to hang on to their bigger cousins. Such is the case with Little Kneebita and his tribe. When the Toestompa brothers found the group of goblins that had taken up residence in their equipment shed, they initially had the thought of simply moving them to an icebox for halftime snacks. Little Kneebita was able to intervene on his tribe's behalf,and convince the brothers that they could be of better service to the team as 'matenece guyz', keeping the equipment in proper order.
Borg and Gorg agreed to this, seeing the advantage of having the goblins around so that they could devote more time to training. However, Little Kneebita was tasked with going on the field to act as a minder for Philip, so that it could be assured that the goblins would carry out their end of the bargain.