He's done it in the NpC before, he's only 25 so he can do it again. I don't see why Pompey fans wouldn't rate him. His 12 goals so far this season is comparable to Barnards 14 or Lamberts 17 (probably 5 pens in there too). Especially bearing in mind Pompey are pretty average (have scored 50 goals compared to our 70). If he's available on a free, I think he would be a decent signing. I'm not too sure who you think we're going to get. A team newly promoted to the Championship is hardly going to attract Premier League players.
I think we need a reality check here. IF we go up, we wont be a big fish in a little pond. There are plenty of similarly sized clubs like Leicester, Derby, Reading and whoever misses out on promotion from Leeds, Norwich, Cardiff, Forest and Swansea.