But how does Danny Cowley go about injecting impetus into his team’s third-tier season once again? Here’s how we think the Blues will go at St James Park.
![Cowley will have to decide whether it's Koroma's trickery or Curtis' hard running he wants to utilise in the starting XI against Gary Caldwell's side.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA1ZTNmMjZiLWZjZWYtNDI0Ni04MjgyLTI0MTJkY2RhMzVhOTo4OTJmYmVkMy04NTBkLTQxYmQtYTBkOC0yZTY1NzkxMTIzNGU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
17. Sub 6: Ronan Curtis
Cowley will have to decide whether it's Koroma's trickery or Curtis' hard running he wants to utilise in the starting XI against Gary Caldwell's side. Photo: Simon Davies
![Back on the bench against MK Dons after his Stevenage goal and hard to see things changing after a difficult campaign at Pompey.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY3NGRhNTViLTIyMDktNDAzZC04ZjU4LWI4Y2EzOTEwOGUxYzozOTExYThmZC1mZTMwLTQ2YzUtYTFkYS04MjRlZTQyNjFkMDA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
18. Sub 7: Joe Pigott
Back on the bench against MK Dons after his Stevenage goal and hard to see things changing after a difficult campaign at Pompey. Photo: Jason Brown