BEING asked to pinpoint what exactly went wrong for Australia against Brazil is akin to being forced to choose between your children - it's impossible to know where to start.

For possibly the most alarming part of yesterday morning's rout is that Osieck was short of only Tim Cahill and Luke Wilkshire from what most would regard as his first-choice XI.

Against the World Cup hosts, Holger wanted a result - not surprisingly from a coach who regards experimentation with as much excitement as spring holds for hay fever sufferers.

Cahill and Wilkshire might have made some difference, but such thoughts are really an irrelevance. A mirror was held up to the state of the Socceroos yesterday, and it was almost cracked by the image portrayed.

Too often in the past two and a half years the Australian side has been rattled by Asian opponents but forced its way of out jail. Yesterday they met a firing squad who knew how to aim.

So when Osieck and David Gallop meet this week in Sydney, there is only one "road map" to the future that inspires any optimism.

With an Asian Cup on these shores in just 16 months - in which Australia must be dominant, for all sorts of reasons - the point of all games between now and then is to produce a side capable of doing that.

There is little point in taking a side to Brazil for the World Cup and hoping to get away lightly, unless it is full of players for whom the experience will be hopefully the first of many.

In the short term, there is equally little point in Brett Holman starting against France next month when Tom Rogic - the most gifted player in Australian colours bar none - sits on the bench.

Mark Schwarzer needs no more trophy caps, but Mitch Langerak needs his first. Rhys Williams is fully fit and playing every week at centre-back. The list goes on.

Really, the scoreline in Paris doesn’t matter. Osieck tried containment against Brazil and got walloped, without anything to show for it.

A few minutes here or there doesn’t cut it any more for the players of the future. They need game time in spades.

Chairmen and CEOs are paid to make difficult decisions. In July 2005 Frank Lowy made the decision that Frank Farina would not lead Australia to the World Cup, and wielded the axe accordingly.

The time has come for a repeat dosage. And then put in a phone call to Ange Postecoglou.

Originally published as 'It's time to call in Ange'