Despite initially impressing, Piper's time at Sunderland was mostly an unhappy one, suffering a number of serious injuries, resulting in him having 10 operations in 3 years.

He impressed initially, before he was demoted back to the reserves.

After initially impressing during the first half of the 2005-06 league season, he started to make errors around the turn of the year.

The angle of release is key: too high and the throw will travel into the skies initially impressing the crowd before falling way short of the required distance.

The three neatly typed sentences initially impressed him as a singularly cruel variation on the usual paranoid shriek: I have been trying to reach you, Joe.

The best skater to slip through the net was Grimsby born Daniel Bennett who initially impressed Christopher Dean on his first audition.

A useful middle-order batsman, he initially impressed during 2001 in the Sri Lankan Test series against England.

Faizal initially impressed with Iqlakh skills is later made aware of Iqlakh's background, but decides to play along.

Despite initially impressing Gary Johnson his contract was not renewed at the end of the season.

A 9-handicap golfer, Blue initially impressed the players with his grasp of the L.P.G.A.'s problems and his endless optimism.