Dan Gosling insists he has nothing to prove following an injury-ravaged spell at Newcastle United when AFC Bournemouth face his former team on Saturday.
The 25-year-old midfielder spent just under four years at St James' Park before his May 2014 switch to Bournemouth, which has sparked a change in fortunes.
Gosling made 36 appearances in all competitions at Newcastle, but does not hold a grudge at how things panned out and is instead focussed on helping Eddie Howe's men avoid a fifth defeat in six Premier League outings.
Howe's side are fourth bottom after 11 games, one point and one place above Newcastle ahead of this weekend's encounter at the Vitality Stadium.
"I'm not out to show them that I'm a good player, I'm out there to help Bournemouth get three points, whether that's Newcastle or any other team. It's as simple as that," Gosling told the Daily Echo.
"It's a massive game. We need to win and they need to win so, if I am selected, it would be a great game to be involved in. If you get back-to-back wins, that's all it takes to climb up the table, and we're very capable of that.
"I think you look back at certain games, against Watford we missed a late penalty, against Leicester we conceded a late penalty and against Aston Villa we had three great chances before half-time and lost to a set-piece. There is nine points we could have secured but that's in the past now. We need to move on and win games quickly.
"We want to give 90 minutes rather than just the second half, as was the case against Southampton [a 2-0 defeat last weekend]. If we do that then we're going to win more games than we lose."