Jens Berthel Askou says his Motherwell side "believe in our ability to beat anyone we play, no matter where we go" after they closed to within four points of third-top Celtic in the Scottish Premierhip.
The reigning champions stumbled to a 2-1 defeat by Hibernian on Sunday - a day after Motherwell thrashed hosts St Mirren 5-0 in their biggest win of the season.
Askou's side remain 10 off leaders Hearts with a game in hand, with some supporters even contemplating a genuine title challenge.
"Obviously we believe in ourselves... we are really happy that people around us are enjoying what we're doing," the Danish manager said.
"Because, in football, we are in a business where people pay a lot of money and they invest a lot of their finances, especially in the part of the country where we are from, which is not the richest part of the world."
Many fans believe they are seeing their team produce the best football of their lifetime - something that was the Well board's ambition when recruiting a new manager last summer.
"We wanted to lift people out of their seats and create a more modern style and try and be as successful as we could with that in the first season," Askou added.
"We've probably exceeded what we could have expected or guessed we would be.
"Time will tell where that will lead us, but for now we are happy that people are on board with us."