Is that it, Australia? Is that all you have got? First impressions upon looking at the group of cricketers tasked with winning back the Ashes is that England will never have had it so good.
Look beyond Michael Clarke, unquestionably the best batsman in the world in recent months, and there really is nothing for to be scared of.
No Australian side will ever make it 'easy' but surely this will be the worst bunch of Ashes tourists to visit these shores in living memory.
A 5-0 victory to England? Don't rule it out.
On the front line: Michael Clarke walks ahead of former captains Mark Taylor (left) and Steve Waugh as the Australians announced their squad for the Ashes series in England this summer
On the same page: (from left) Waugh, new Aussie vice captain Brad Haddin, Clarke and Taylor
Aussie Ashes squad
Michael Clarke (captain), Brad Haddin (vice-captain), Jackson Bird, Ed Cowan, James Faulkner, Ryan Harris, Phil Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Shane Watson.
Click here for Lawrence Booth's assessment of Australia's Ashes squad
The presence of Steve Waugh and Mark Taylor at the squad unveiling in Sydney was poignant for Australia. How they must wish they could bring either of their illustrious former captains in his prime with them when they arrive here in June for the first of back-to-back Ashes series.
More pertinently, of course, is the lack of Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey, both of whom will be desperately hard for Australia to replace this summer.
If Clarke should have a bad series then it is difficult to see where Australia's runs are going to come from.
Just look at the evidence. Australia are going to hit us with Ed Cowan, David Warner, Shane Watson, Philip Hughes, Usman Khawaja and Middlesex's 35-year-old Chris Rogers, who has just one Test cap to his name.
Scared? No, neither am I.
Snarler: Peter Siddle, pictured with Haddin, is capable of causing England the odd problem
Aussies in England - Key dates
June 26-29: v Somerset
July 2-5: v Worcs
July 10-14: 1st Test, Trent Bridge
July 18-22: 2nd Test, Lord's
July 26-28: v Sussex
August 1-5: 3rd Test, Old Trafford
August 9-13: 4th Test, Durham
August 16-17: v Northants
August 21-25: 5th Test, The Oval
Warner and Watson have had limited success in the ultimate game while Hughes and Khawaja have failed in Ashes series past.
Stuart Broad will be keeping a careful eye on Cowan when they play together at Notts while Rogers is a worthy competitor who is decent at county level but who surely would have played more Test cricket by now if he was a worthy successor to Australian batsmen past.
Yes, the bowling might well pose more of a threat as long as they actually stay fit enough to reach the middle because in recent times all we have heard about is one Australian fast bowling injury after another.
Peter Siddle is a proper snarling, whole-hearted Aussie who should not be underestimated while James Pattinson, one of those banished for failing to do his homework in India along with Watson and Khawaja, is a bowler of genuine ability and huge potential.
Mitchell Starc, too, has the potential to trouble England, particularly as they have a history of struggling against good left-armers. And Ryan Harris should not be underestimated.
But Jackson Bird, the uncapped James Faulkner and the only spinner Nathan Lyon? I don't think so.
Talking the talk: Clarke is quizzed by reporters at The Mint in Sydney as the Aussies name their weak squad
It is a shame, too, that the Barmy Army's favourite opponent Mitchell Johnson won't be here to entertain us all.
It makes sense for Australia to turn to Brad Haddin as vice-captain following Watson's resignation from the job because he is a proven competitor who can provide solid support for Clarke but the bottom line is that he could not even get into the squad for the 4-0 thrashing by India.
Matthew Wade is a capable keeper-batsman who has not done too much wrong but he now finds himself relegated to the role of back up to Haddin.
England, of course, will make all the right noises between now and that much anticipated first day at Trent Bridge on July 10.
It's not that bad... well, actually, it is: Clarke looks serious as chairman of selectors John Inverarity speaks
Count the amount of times they say they are not underestimating Australia between now and then. It will probably run into the hundreds.
And they will not, of course, particularly with the memory of how close New Zealand came to beating them still fresh in their minds.
But everything about England in recent times has been about this Ashes series. The aim for some time has been to ensure that all their players are fit, firing and fresh for the start and as we stand all of Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett and Tim Bresnan should have recovered fully by the time the big one comes around.
Big miss: Former Aussie captain Ricky Ponting brought the curtain down on his Test career last year
And it still is the big one, of course. It always will be. Even if this summer proves as one-sided as I believe it will be.
England have suffered so much at the hands of the Aussies that it will take a lot for England to tire of beating them.
England have won the last two Ashes series against much better Australian teams than this. They really should win these next two as well.
Deep down, all of Australia will know that too.
You've got to urn it: Andrew Strauss led England to Ashes glory in the most recent series Down Under