Managed at international level? Check. Coaching success in Asia? Yep. Experienced but in-touch with the modern game? Definitely. Enough pedigree to command immediate respect from the squad? Sure. Willing to meaningfully contribute to the progression of Australian football at all levels? A fair assumption to make.

It would seem that all in all Holger Osieck is a perfect fit for the Socceroos. Now I like to think I have a fairly good knowledge of football but I'm sure that I wasn't the only one asking the 'Holger who?' question upon his appointment. Obviously I need to brush up on my knowledge of fairly obscure German coaches. Nonetheless, early impressions are promising. But just exactly how do Osieck's box ticking attributes ensure a successful Australian national football team?

Well, firstly, his achievements at both club and international level point to those of an accomplished, experienced coach, a criticism that was often made of long time assistant specialist Pim Verbeek. His 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup win with Canada stands out as something roughly equivalent to Australia reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup.

It's by no means a competition of the highest standard but a 20-year stranglehold on the competition by the USA and Mexico couldn't have been easy to break, particularly, with the utmost respect, in charge of Canada. Furthermore, his Asian Champions League success with Urawa Reds in 2007 represents a sound knowledge of the Asian football landscape.

Now before we skip to the big issue it would be remiss of me to not address the elephant in the room.

Tactics, tactics, tactics.

Will Osieck adopt Pim's pragmatic style approach or allow a greater creative licence? It's these types of questions that will make or break his popularity amongst many fans.

In reality it isn't a simple question of formation that determines how positive or negative the side will be under Osieck. Having two out-and-out attackers up front will always provide more options going forward but that's not to say Spain are a defensive side if they field David Villa as a lone striker. The same goes for Australia; it will come down to the mentality Osieck encourages.

Time will tell just what mentality is being promoted.

Now that we've got all of that meaningless jargon out of the way we can begin with the important task: finding a suitably clever nickname. My first proposal - due to the 'Aussie' in Osieck - is something along the lines of Holger 'the Hungry Aussie' Osieck. It's probably a bit long to ever catch on too well so I'll instead open the floor to better ideas in the comments section.

While we the supporters are likely to lose hours of sleep contemplating appropriate nicknames, we can at least take heart from the fact that the Socceroos coach may be in a similar situation. In his case it's repairing any potential splits in the playing group as we supposedly were made aware of during the Kewell/Slater showdown on Fox Sports FC.

As much as I would like to address the situation I don't have access to the kind of information needed to make an informed comment, as Robbie Slater clearly does.

If Holger isn't willing to deal with that situation just yet he can easily consume himself with trying to win over the Australian public or begin assisting with the overall growth of Australian football. It's a big task, sure, a unique one even, but one that Osieck looks to be well equipped to handle.