CREWE have endured an awful season so far, but under-fire boss Steve Davis believes he can turn their fortunes around.

This week marked four years since he took over at Gresty Road and he is now the seventh longest-serving manager in the country.

But the Railwaymen are in serious relegation danger at the bottom of League One and last week they suffered the indignity of being dumped out of the FA Cup at home to Eastleigh.

The 1-0 loss saw Crewe hit rock-bottom and Davis is coming under increased scrutiny following his team's poor run.

Yet he insisted: “I’ve never doubted or felt I wasn’t the man for the job. If there is a better man out there, someone who can come in and do a better job within the restraints of this club, I’m sure the board will recognise that.

“That’s not my decision, that’s theirs, and I understand that. I don’t focus on that, I obviously know what’s going on around us. It has become popular to sack managers.

“The answers aren’t just with the managers, they are with the rest of football clubs too, what’s going on behind the scenes and the way the club is run, finances.

“It’s getting harder with how the game is evolving for lots of reasons, too many to talk about.

“It is a very challenging environment. We are doing what we can, it’s changing all the time and we are looking at ways of trying to improve.

“The one thing we all want is to be successful.

“It is a job which I thoroughly enjoy, it is very challenging but one that I love doing.

“I can say 100 per cent I am with the club and want to do better for the club in the future.”

Crewe have been boosted by the news that they have won their appeal against keeper Ben Garratt’s red card against Eastleigh, and he is now free to play.

Forwards Ryan Colclough and Brad Inman are expected to shake off knocks in time to face City.