By BBC Sport Online's Matt Majendie

London can get to people after a while - the underground, the militant shoppers and, in Nigel Melville's case, the stress of working life.

On Thursday, Melville started his first full day as director of rugby at Gloucester, six weeks after leaving the capital and a similar post at Wasps.

Two stadium moves and four different training grounds had exacerbated the problems off the field in London and the Yorkshireman decided the time had come for a change.

At the beginning of last month he opted to give it all up and move his family to the Gloucestershire countryside.

It's a relief finally to no longer be behind the scenes and be able to do the job properly

Nigel Melville

Simpson-Daniel is among the future stars

His players will be hoping that a little of that will rub off on the club as they battle to cement second place in the Zurich Premiership and defeat Sale in their European Shield semi-final.

Melville, though, knows that he will have made little impact in just two days.

He said: "It's a relief finally to no longer be behind the scenes and be able to do the job properly.

"But we're not going to revolutionise in two days from how we were against Wasps."

No panic. Leicester virtually have the Premiership title wrapped up for a fourth successive season so the revolution can be put on hold for the time being.

And as Wasps have been one of Leicester's most consistent rivals, Melville knows about their domination as well as anyone else.

Changing faces

"There are 11 teams trying to end their domination at the moment and none of them have achieved it so far as I know all too well," he said.

"Leicester can and have been beaten and I wouldn't have come here if I didn't think we could do it."

That change looks likely to come at a cost to Gloucester's squad. A new boss brings with him new faces on the playing staff.

But Melville is giving little away.

"We have to improve our squad where we can as there is a need for change," he said, "but we need some stability after a very volatile year."

That volatility has resulted in the departure of Melville's predecessor, Phillipe Saint-Andre.

Shield bonus

But one player unlikely to suffer in any cull is England Under-21 and Sevens international James Simpson-Daniel, a star in the making in Melville's eyes.

"James is a player I know a lot about from the England Under-21s - he's a very special player," Melville said.

"I don't know if he's England XV standard yet - only time will tell I guess."

And while it is premature to ascertain the impact of either Simpson-Daniel or the new boss, Melville will inevitably be judged by the ever-critical Gloucester faithful this weekend.

But his mind is on more than just winning his first Premiership fixture.

"We've got the Shield to play and that's against Sale at Northampton's ground so this weekend gives us a chance for a little practice on that," confessed Melville.

"So maybe that will give us a few last-minute pointers."