Australian fans long took pleasure from opener Matthew Hayden smashing English bowlers into oblivion during Ashes series of the early 2000s.
And now, even in retirement, he has hit the Poms for another six, labelling the English side as "a rabble".
England's top order in particular is seen as fragile given its inexperience and Hayden echoed those thoughts on Brisbane's Heat's podcast.
“The Poms are a rabble,” Hayden said.
“I look down half of the list and I honestly don’t even know who half of these guys are.
“This is a place, like India, which it’s a tough place to tour.
“What they have got is some extremely experienced fast bowlers in Broad and Anderson. You have two particularly good batsmen as well in Cook and Joe Root.
“Apart from that — you throw a blanket over those four — who are they?”
Hayden also went on to state that the old enemy do not have any chance of retaining the urn.
“If I was the captain I’d be saying to Mitch Starc that when those four (English) players are there, you are just there to break them,” Hayden added.
“Whatever it takes, break them, especially at the Gabba.
“If any one of those guys go, England have got no hope. And I don’t think they have any hope anyway.”
Hayden played 20 Test matches against England in his career, scoring five centuries at an average of 45.65.
