Australia have lost their aura, says England captain Andrew Strauss

Andrew Strauss says England have nothing to fear from the current Australian side, which he believes has lost its aura of invincibility.
The England captain, speaking before tomorrow's third Ashes Test at Edgbaston, says the fear factor associated with great Australian sides of the past has gone and the current team was no different to any other Test team.
“I don’t think this Australian side has an aura about it,” Strauss said. “We didn’t think so even before the series started.
“Not to be disrespectful, they still have some great players. The aura came from players like [Glenn] McGrath, [Shane] Warne, [Matthew] Hayden and [Adam] Gilchrist. A lot of the guys in this team are at the start of their Test careers and don’t necessarily have an aura yet.

"An aura is built up over time. We've got some reasonably fresh faces around our group finding their feet at international level. An aura comes from results as well, and if we come out on top in this test I'm sure they will be thinking slightly differently."
Strauss went on to speak about the importance of the third Test, which he believes could be pivotal to the outcome of the series. He also expects Andrew Flintoff to play.
"Freddie [Flintoff] seems fine. He has come through all the workouts okay. Barring any dramatic stuff overnight, we are confident he will be fit," he said.
"We are very happy with the way things have gone for the last two days and we take a lot of confidence from Lord's [the second Test, which England won]. I believe this Test will be the hardest of all, a huge Test, and whoever does well will take the momentum into the second half of the series.
"If we can go 2-0 up, we will be in a great position but we've got to raise the level of our performance from Lord's. We expect the Australians to come back strong and motivated. We need to raise things to another level and, if we do that, we will put them under pressure again."
Strauss also revealed that England have released spinner Monty Panesar from their squad.
Source:The times