By Graham Taylor Former England football manager and BBC pundit

When I am asked what I think about Sir Clive Woodward moving from rugby to football I have this to say first of all.

Will Woodward be able to handle the round-ball code?

In winning the World Cup Sir Clive has achieved great success.

I think the reason he is leaving his job as England coach has nothing to do with frustration over getting access to players.

I think it's about having achieved something no-one else has achieved and him thinking 'where's my next challenge?'.

I like people who set themselves challenges and if it's true what we are reading and hearing, that he ultimately wants to manage the England football team, he has certainly set himself a great challenge.

I believe that certain skills from certain sports are transferable. I don't think there's any question about that.

But I also believe that you need knowledge of the game itself, and it seems to me that he's prepared to work at that.

However, he must bear in mind that even fast-tracking to get your football coaching qualifications will take two years.

I don't think Woodward can move across and go straight to the top of football in six months

If he's going to go into a club, and it looks like it may be Southampton, then that will increase his knowledge and I think that is vitally important.

Having followed the rugby team's success I can see the team structure and the management structure that he built about himself.

I don't know if there is any major difference between rugby and football management.

But what I do know is that in football it doesn't matter what management team he puts about himself, he would have to be seen to be the boss man.

Players will expect it to come from him when it comes to team selection, tactics, formations and how you're going to play.

Footballers are not the best of people to accept instructions, be they right or wrong, from people who they see as not being the boss.

They would expect him to be seen to be making those decisions and if they didn't like those decisions it would be to him they would go.

Taylor says Woodward would take time to earn the players respect

In his favour we have to remember that, although he is coming from another sport, he's bringing a world championship.

He's also coming from a tough sport - there's no doubt about that.

We have to recognise what the rugby boys have done, particularly since they turned professional.

And I'm not just talking about England winning the World Cup, I'm talking about how the whole game has become very professional.

Because of that I think he will get respect.

However, I don't think he can move across and go straight to the top of football in six months.

If, a few years down the line, Sir Clive has got into the heart and soul of the game, learned what makes people tick and has had success at club level, having brought something new to the game, then I have no objections to him becoming the England manager.

I would have objections if we got a few bad results in the qualifying campaign and suddenly Sir Clive is the England manager.