Right now, Sam Konstas needs a good mentor.

Adam Gilchrist has no doubt that Konstas has the right people in his corner, with the cricketing great noting the influence of his former Australian teammate Shane Watson.

But with everyone happy to give their opinion ahead of the Ashes, there's a lot of noise around the young gun opener.

"Therein lies the challenge as a young athlete - working out which bits of advice are the most suited to you and which bits maybe you don't need to adhere to," Gilchrist told AAP.

Travis Head faced much the same issue when he was dropped from the Australian team. Former captain Greg Chappell now raves about how well Head has transformed his game, by batting on instinct and with intent.

Head's middle-order batting begs some comparison to Gilchrist, whose bla

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