Robbie Slater pens an open letter to Holger Osieck and asks him what his Socceroos team stands for Dear Holger,WHEN did coaching Australia become about mandates and contracts. When did it become out of order to ask questions after a 6-0 loss. Football is about passion and robust debate. The Australian team always punched above its weight because we had to. I'm sorry, but sometimes it feels like you have lost touch with what our game is all about. Yes, I was one of the critics upset and angry after the loss to Brazil. And it was because we showed no fight and there seemed to be little direction. What does your team stand for? What are your plans for the World Cup? How do you want to leave the Australian team when you leave? These are all questions that deserve an answer. People care about Australian football, so it is far from out of order to question the coach of our national team after a loss like the one we had in Brazil. Holger, you are right, you did get us to the World Cup, and you deserve kudos for that. But getting there isn't the end of the story. It's not even the most important part - what we do in Brazil in 2014 year sets us up for the next four years. The reality is the performances over the past few years have hardly been inspiring. As I've said before, scraping through Asia should never be the benchmark. We want to be the best team in our region. That must be the goal and it starts with developing talent and bringing it through. There is a growing problem with employing foreign coaches purely to reach a World Cup. It creates a mentality that's holding us back because there is no incentive to do anything once we get there. No one wants a repeat of the 4-0 loss to Germany like we had under Pim Verbeek in 2010. Robbie Slater has applauded the selection of left back Jason Davidson (top). I'm not against foreign coaches coming here to grow the game or even coaching the national team. The issue is having coaches on contracts with huge incentives to make the World Cup. Once you reach the finals, a coach can hide behind the fact he has achieved the objective and not be accountable for performances along the way. That's not good enough. The pressure would be on any coach in the two games against France and Canada because we need to see some direction, a plan and strategy about where this team is going. You have to show us something we can look forward to for next year. Resting Mark Schwarzer was a start, but you should have gone further and left out guys such as Lucas Neill and Mark Bresciano and a few of the other old guard as well. We can always bring them back for Brazil. Of course, there is a dilemma of trying to get some game time into the legs of players who aren't playing regularly at club level. Bringing back David Carney is intriguing and makes me wonder if Jason Davidson - a good selection - will get a chance to press his claims at left back. Looking at the team for the games against France and Canada, it's encouraging to see Jackson Irvine brought in. He's 20 and the future - I just hope you give him a run. But why did you leave out Ryan McGowan? Clearly, he's been hung out to dry after the Brazil loss. There's pressure to play the kids, but you have to look after them and encourage them because these guys will have to step up when you and the old guard move on. Yours in football, Robbie Slater