Well, there’s probably no-one better qualified – bar sporting director Rich Hughes, of course – to answer that particular question than head coach John Mousinho.
Over the past week The News has been quizzing the Blues boss to get an insight into what’s possible and what’s not.
It comes amid a background of injuries to midfielder Tom Lowery and forward Kusini Yengi, links to Chelsea youngster Tino Anjorin, speculation about Sean Raggett and Denver Hume’s respective futures and a summer that has already seen 13 new arrivals comes through the doors at Fratton Park.
So what’s the latest Mousinho has said about the above and other transfer talking points?
Here’s a breakdown of what he’s been saying as the clock ticks down towards deadline day.
It comes amid a background of injuries to midfielder Tom Lowery and forward Kusini Yengi, links to Chelsea youngster Tino Anjorin, speculation about Sean Raggett and Denver Hume’s respective futures and a summer that has already seen 13 new arrivals comes through the doors at Fratton Park.
![Mousinho: ‘In terms of where we are with Sean, Sean being here at the moment makes us much stronger and he’s probably one of the ones who has been unlucky not to have started more games. The performance of the back four in the league games so far has been excellent. We’ve got a very, very long season and a lot can change between now and the weekend, let alone now and Christmas.’](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjFjMDUxNzYxLWIyNGYtNDgyMi04ZmQ4LTgyOWMxZTRmNGRlNTozMjJkMjQ4MC1mZWE2LTQ5YTMtODU2Yy1lYzA2ZTNiNGQzNzE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Sean Raggett
Mousinho: ‘In terms of where we are with Sean, Sean being here at the moment makes us much stronger and he’s probably one of the ones who has been unlucky not to have started more games. The performance of the back four in the league games so far has been excellent. We’ve got a very, very long season and a lot can change between now and the weekend, let alone now and Christmas.’Photo: Jason Brown
![Mousinho (via BBC Solent): ''I think really it’s up to Ronan to obviously get himself fit, which he’s doing every day and I think he’s been back out on the grass a couple of times, and then to revisit where that’s at. Obviously, Ronan turned that contract down so I’m not entirely sure where that stands with the club. But Ronan’s turned that down. If anything is going to possibly come of it, then it would be up to Ronan to see if he wants to not reverse that decision, because that was the decision he made in the summer, but see where he is in September and then go from there.'](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQyMTJiY2ZjLTZjN2QtNDczMC1iMmVmLWY3YTMxYTRmMjZmMDpiYjM0MDFiMS1jNjVjLTQ3ZjUtOGYzOC0xNjE3ZDgyN2M0NzY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Ronan Curtis
Mousinho (via BBC Solent): ''I think really it’s up to Ronan to obviously get himself fit, which he’s doing every day and I think he’s been back out on the grass a couple of times, and then to revisit where that’s at. Obviously, Ronan turned that contract down so I’m not entirely sure where that stands with the club. But Ronan’s turned that down. If anything is going to possibly come of it, then it would be up to Ronan to see if he wants to not reverse that decision, because that was the decision he made in the summer, but see where he is in September and then go from there.'Photo: Jez Tighe