Defeat at West Brom on Wednesday night means that a play-off place is going to be difficult to achieve but the City boss is confident that the players will keeping going until the final whistle against Watford on Sunday May 2nd.
"We're not the finished article by any means but we have come a long way," said Coleman to the CT.
"This is a working club - it's not a case of football facilitating the players' lifestyles, because football comes first for them.
"Football is their life and I'm delighted that I have a group of players who think like that."