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Wanderers outcast Ben Amos will leave talk of his future at the Macron to everyone else.
The goalkeeper, loaned out to Charlton Athletic, will still have 12 months left on his contract when his spell with the Addicks concludes at the end of the season.
He has made a solid start at The Valley, featuring in all 12 league games thus far under Karl Robinson, and helping the Londoners into fourth place.
But he is determined to avoid talk about a return to the North West until next summer.
“I’m literally just giving Charlton my 100 per cent and a lot of football is out of [my] control. What happens, happens,” he told the News Shopper.
“I just want to do my best here and want to play football at the best level I can and at the best teams. So I’ll leave that to other guys to crack on with.
“I’m very much just giving this my all on the pitch, off the pitch for Charlton. What will be, will be, that’s certainly my philosophy. I’ll work as hard as I possibly can and see where it takes me.”
Amos struggled to build on a successful loan spell at Wanderers, who were relegated from the Championship in his first full season after signing from Manchester United.
The high wage and four-year deal it had taken to secure his services from Old Trafford also worked to his disadvantage the following year as the club was forced to loan him out to Cardiff City to help trim the wage bill.
His time in South Wales also ended badly when Neil Warnock’s arrival saw him slip from first to third choice behind Brian Murphy and Allan McGregor.
The Bluebirds experience may well have played a part in Amos’s reluctance to get carried away with his encouraging start for Charlton.
“I’m old enough to know that’s football,” he said. “I don’t want to say some managers have their own agenda, but some things are out of your control.
“You can’t get too up or down - I think you’ve got to stay balanced and be consistent.
“It was fine [my relationship with Warnock] - that was last season. I don’t want to get into that. I’m trying to stay in the present and look forward. I’m not concerned about that now.
“I just want to do the best I can for Charlton and get the best results I can.”
Meanwhile, Wanderers’ own goalkeeping battle took another twist at the weekend as Ben Alnwick was drafted straight back into the side for Mark Howard after returning from a neck injury.
Phil Parkinson was delighted with Alnwick’s performance in the 2-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday, praising a second-half save from Jordan Rhodes.
“Ben was excellent and the save from Rhodes was first class at a really important stage of the game,” he said. “He can be very pleased with his performance.”
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The goalkeeper, loaned out to Charlton Athletic, will still have 12 months left on his contract when his spell with the Addicks concludes at the end of the season.
He has made a solid start at The Valley, featuring in all 12 league games thus far under Karl Robinson, and helping the Londoners into fourth place.
But he is determined to avoid talk about a return to the North West until next summer.
“I’m literally just giving Charlton my 100 per cent and a lot of football is out of [my] control. What happens, happens,” he told the News Shopper.
“I just want to do my best here and want to play football at the best level I can and at the best teams. So I’ll leave that to other guys to crack on with.
“I’m very much just giving this my all on the pitch, off the pitch for Charlton. What will be, will be, that’s certainly my philosophy. I’ll work as hard as I possibly can and see where it takes me.”
Amos struggled to build on a successful loan spell at Wanderers, who were relegated from the Championship in his first full season after signing from Manchester United.
The high wage and four-year deal it had taken to secure his services from Old Trafford also worked to his disadvantage the following year as the club was forced to loan him out to Cardiff City to help trim the wage bill.
His time in South Wales also ended badly when Neil Warnock’s arrival saw him slip from first to third choice behind Brian Murphy and Allan McGregor.
The Bluebirds experience may well have played a part in Amos’s reluctance to get carried away with his encouraging start for Charlton.
“I’m old enough to know that’s football,” he said. “I don’t want to say some managers have their own agenda, but some things are out of your control.
“You can’t get too up or down - I think you’ve got to stay balanced and be consistent.
“It was fine [my relationship with Warnock] - that was last season. I don’t want to get into that. I’m trying to stay in the present and look forward. I’m not concerned about that now.
“I just want to do the best I can for Charlton and get the best results I can.”
Meanwhile, Wanderers’ own goalkeeping battle took another twist at the weekend as Ben Alnwick was drafted straight back into the side for Mark Howard after returning from a neck injury.
Phil Parkinson was delighted with Alnwick’s performance in the 2-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday, praising a second-half save from Jordan Rhodes.
“Ben was excellent and the save from Rhodes was first class at a really important stage of the game,” he said. “He can be very pleased with his performance.”
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