I think one problem is when we get around 10 or 20m from the oppositions line we don't seem to have many ideas on what to do. In the last few years we scored quite a lot of our tries from kicks, not really bombs to the corner but little grubbers through instead on coming up with a 'killer' play to break through the opposition. At one time we seemed to have Brough, Rooney and Drew who had a very good short kicking game but I think losing these three has had a big effect on the threat we pose when close to the line.

What's Moore's kicking game like? Have we seen any of the same from him recently? I'll be honest, I've not seen a match in the last couple of months.

OK. So what do you do if you don't have more than 1 big forward hitting the line at pace? What's the next best tactic?

It looks promising - he's a cocky little beggar and isn't shy about having a go; doesn't always come off though, which I guess is ok for now.

His biggest problem, in my view, is that he's used to having a bit longer to shape the kick, so gets caught out by the onrushing defenders quite often - I'm sure that experience will sort that out.

Good stuff. Yeah I guess he will learn to maybe hang deeper on the 5th or quicken up his action. It's good to see we're giving an English half back a bash.

My take on the problem with 5 drives and a kick are as follows :

1. As it is literally one person taking the ball in most of the time and never looking to commit defenders or pass the ball just before or in contact (and no dummy runners to confuse the opposition), it is easy to defend against.

2. If we manage to complete our set of six the opposition have probabaly done 5 tackles in the set. However, when the opposition have the ball and do have dummy runners and people taking the ball to the line and committing players before passing to a team mate, we are probably doing at least 3 or 4 more tackles a set than the opposition - this is ultimately going to take its toll at some stage in the game.

3. It is only effective if you put a good kick in. Its early days for Moore yet, but prior to him playing, the kicking game has been average to say the least.

4. We are wasting the bags of pace that we have got in the centres and wings because they never receive the ball in broken play.

5. It is boring to watch and therefore is unlikely to attract and retain new fans.

6. It doesn't work too well if the coach selects a full back on the bench or decides he aint' going to play two of his subs until an hour into the game, just after the opposition have put a couple of scores on us to see them in a winning position.