Drogba also had a couple of sniffs but the lack of confidence that has dogged the Blues' play of late was soon evident as they struggled to fashion a meaningful opportunity.
Coe accepts it is vital that the sale does not fall victim to the technical issues that dogged earlier sales rounds if public confidence is to be maintained.
"It has dogged the process, it has sapped confidence in the institutions, and we really have got to resolve it once and for all," he said of the weapons issue.
Filming was dogged by bad weather, and the BBC lost confidence in the whole concept of a books programme at several points along the way.
The roles of anticipated difficulty levels, item solubility, problem solving confidence, and the perceived value of dogged persistence are discussed in assessing situational factors conducive to nonproductive persistence.
If not, Comrade President, are you aware that your outstanding contribution to the liberation struggle stands to be severely tarnished if the remainder of your term as President continues to be dogged by crises and a growing public loss of confidence in the ANC and government as a whole.
Rows over Europe dogged Sir John's Conservative government, which faced a confidence vote in the House of Commons in 1993 over its decision to sign the Maastricht Treaty.
To the issues he faces, Mr. Kerry brings a worldwide list of contacts, a dogged belief in personal diplomacy and no small measure of self-confidence.
Instead of being dogged by fear and uncertainty, you will have inner peace and confidence that you will survive.
His "Thieves" is an engaging cat-and-mouse account of porous libraries, scouts armed with "gall, confidence and oversized coats," complicit salesmen and of G. William Bergquist, the dogged New York Public Library investigator who cracked the gang's most audacious caper: the theft in 1931 of first editions of "The Scarlet Letter," "Moby-Dick" and a rare Edgar Allan Poe collection.
