The full impact of John Buchanan's defection behind enemy lines will be felt in the years to come rather than in this year's Ashes series, the former Australia coach said.
Buchanan arrived in England earlier this week as part of his job as a consultant for the ECB examining the country's junior and development programs.
Although he has touched base with England coach Andy Flower, Buchanan said any information he may have divulged would not have been new.
It has been more than two years since Buchanan quit as coach of the Australian team. For that matter, the Australians believe they have well and truly moved on, pointing to the number of changes in personnel since their former coach's departure.
"In terms of the Australian cricket team they've probably got more data and vision than I could supply them," Buchanan said.
"That's already there. Every team's got that around the world. I was just interested to listen to what they did going over the Belgium and what's been floating around in terms of lead-up to the Ashes."
But Buchanan admitted it did feel peculiar working for the ECB in the same season as an Ashes battle.
"There's probably an uncomfortability (sic) insofar that it happens to coincide with an Australian tour," Buchanan said.
"That's probably the wrong way to feel because it's got nothing to do with an Ashes series but everything to do with England's elite program. That's just my feelings."
Diplomatically, Buchanan refused to make a prediction on the outcome of this series, but on the thorny issue of selection he believes Australia will take four quicks into Cardiff and leave out off-spinner Nathan Hauritz.
"It's a bit of a feel. I think the Australians would like to use pace when they can," he said.
"I think they would like to have their three express bowlers and another bowler that will do a little bit of the long work."
"That to me suggests (Brett) Lee, (Peter) Siddle and (Mitchell) Johnson, with (Stuart) Clark to do the long work and (Marcus) North, (Michael) Clarke and (Simon) Katich to do the spinning that's required."