Panthers woes continue to mount with another crushing defeat at Wolverhampton, and a pattern is starting to develop which is causing both the supporters and management some serious heartache.

The team's inability to at least compete away from the Showground is all to clear, and the complete lack of any kind of scoring from the bottom end of the team is having a knock on effect on the morale at the top.

Again the rain, which started during heat 3 and continued right up until heat 9, made the track difficult and heavy but the way in which the home side adapted was very apparent and the saying it was the same for both teams was also very apt.

It was clear from heat 1 it was going to be one of those nights again as Freddie Lindgren took Hans Andersen out to the fence on bend one, with Hans doing well in staying on, when on reflection falling off would have got the race stopped and rerun with all four.

Lindgren having dispatched one opponent then chased down Risager for an opening maximum for the Wolves.

The Panthers pair hit the front in heat 2 but conditions for once didn't suit Claus Vissing and he quickly hit problems allowing the Wolves reserves past with Hefenbrock passing Watson later to take the lead.

Probably the only bright spot as the rain started to fall was the sight of Kenneth Bjerre making one of his customary quick starts in heat 3 and although Iversen made a race of it initially, Bjerre looked very comfortable in the end.

Wolves stretched the lead to 10 points with an easy 5-1 in heat 4, which left Panthers reaching for the black and white helmet cover at the earliest opportunity.

Iversen however had a point to prove and he did it emphatically with a tape's to flag victory over Andersen whilst Risager followed the captain home to register a limited 5-3 advantage.

Wolves continued the pressure with Lindgren and Dryml getting an easy 5-1 over King in heat 6 whilst Bjerre made it two wins from his first two races with another tapes to flag win in 7.

Watson and Risager jumped out of the start to lead heat 8 but Watson got into difficulties early and fell causing the race to be stopped and Risager was left by the home pair in the rerun.

Controversy reigned in heat 9 as King led early on, but Iversen took him wide on bend 2 and their was clearly contact with King disappearing under the air fence, it looked unfair and the referee clearly concurred as she excluded Iversen and awarded the race.

Wolves' best pairing of Lindgren & Dryml got their third 5-1 of the night in heat 10, this time stopping Bjerre who for once missed the start.

Heat 11 briefly showed some light at the end of the tunnel as Risager stormed away to lead, closely followed and supported by Andersen, but Howe managed to get by Risager, and it got worse as Risager fell whilst being pressured by Hefenbrock.

Wolves closed the match out with 4-2's in the last four heats as Bjerre and Andersen maintained the fight, with Simota managing a second place in heat 14, his first scoring ride from 10 starts.

But just four heat winners and no less than thirteen last places shows where the team is going wrong and the indications after this match from the management was enough is enough.

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Fredrik Lindgren 3-3-2'-3 = 11+1
Ales Dryml 2'-2'-2'-3-1 = 10+3
Niels Kristian Iversen 2-3-X-3-3 = 11
Kenneth Hansen 1'-0-2-1 = 4+1
David Howe 2'-2-2-1 = 7+1
Christian Hefenbrock 3-1'-1'-3 = 8+2
Nicolai Klindt 1-3-3-1 = 8

Peterborough 33
Hans Andersen R-4-3-2 = 9
Morten Risager 1-1'-1-X = 3+1
Kenneth Bjerre 3-3-1-2-2 = 11
Sam Simota 0-0-0-2 = 2
Danny King 1-1-3-0-0 = 5
Claus Vissing 0-0-1-0 = 1
Craig Watson 2-0-X-0 = 2