MCG curator Cameron Hodgkins has dismissed any possibility of his pitch being a green monster.

He said it might not even be a Kermit the Frog.

"I would think on the WACA's worst day it would still be faster and bouncier than anything we normally turn out," Hodgkins said.

"Traditionally we're not a very fast and bouncy surface. We're quite slow on the first day, normally, and that causes the most difficulty for batsmen who want to get on with it, so patience is normally the key ingredient here.

"If you don't have that, you can be four or five down early on and the game is over.

"The MCG has never really been accused of being fast and bouncy. It's more a wicket that offers a bit early and is normally quite flat by the end of the match."

But former Australian paceman Michael Kasprowicz warned yesterday that Australia should not break up the four-pronged pace attack that twice bowled England out cheaply in Perth.

"The MCG doesn't offer a stack of pace or turn," he said.

"If anything - and it's nothing against Michael (Beer) - I don't think spin will do the job. I think the quicks can do the job even though it generally is a slowish drop-in wicket there. Mitchell (Johnson) is also is in great form and Ryan Harris runs in all day, swinging the ball.

"It is a tough place to bowl and gets better to bat on the longer the game goes on. It is a tough ask."

"From my point of view - someone who keeps a fairly low profile - it's been funny to read," Hodgkins said. "The last time I spoke to someone from Cricket Australia was in the middle of winter."

Hodgkins was reluctant to make any recommendations on team selections.