Portsmouth boss Paul Hart believes there's no manager out there who could do a better job than him at Fratton Park.

Hart knows he has the backing of the board, having already held talks with candidates about a replacement for former No2 Brian Kidd.

"I remember what Kiddo said when we took over," Hart told the Daily Mail. "With 14 games to go someone could have come in and looked good by guiding the team to safety. But they didn't and right now I don't know if there is a man out there who is up to it and would want to take on this challenge. I know I haven't been in a more difficult job than this one. It's never been as hard as this. Sometimes you feel that just getting on the training pitch is a reward.

"And it's got progressively harder. Even in May it wasn't quite like this. We were working from a different budget to the one we have now. I certainly don't think anyone expected the takeover to take as long as it did and I don't think we expected what has happened in the last couple of days.

"But I have been here for two-and-a-half years. I set up a youth development programme which I hope the club will benefit from in years to come and now I'm the manager and I will keep fighting."