Ian Burchnall was pleased to see a "nice and quiet" transfer deadline day at Notts County as the January window closed for EFL clubs earlier this week.
National League sides can still do business but the Magpies now know that their top stars cannot be snapped up by teams in the Football League between now and the end of the season.
The likes of Kyle Wootton, Ruben Rodrigues and Callum Roberts have all attracted interest from other clubs of late but Burchnall's squad remains intact following Monday night's deadline.
Asked if any late bids came in for his players, the head coach said: "No, very quiet deadline day, which I was happy about.
"I got to watch a bit of Sky Sports and just followed everybody else but nothing from our side, so nice and quiet.
"I said at the start of the window that I'd be very surprised if any clubs had the funds to buy any of the players that we've got - in this moment, in a January window, I'd be very surprised if there was a realistic bid for one of our players.
"But of course there's lot of interest and the players have played well, so you never know, and there's always that level of uncertainty that hangs around.
"So it's quite nice when the window just closes and everyone can switch off from that and just focus on their jobs, and get on with it.
"And we know what we've got now pretty much until the end of the season - unless of course we have an injury or something like that - then we're in good shape."
The Magpies' big-spending promotion rivals Wrexham splashed out £300,000 to sign Ollie Palmer from AFC Wimbledon, while also swooping for Tom O'Connor and Callum McFadzean, also on permanent deals, from Burton Albion and Crewe Alexandra respectively.
"Listen, I don't really think too much about other clubs' strategies or money spent, or anything like that," said Burchnall, whose side take on Grimsby Town at Meadow Lane on Saturday (3pm kick-off).
"Every club has their own strategy for how they want to work. I think Wrexham have obviously got a lot of backing there and they've been down in this league for many years, and you certainly don't begrudge the supporters there being able to see big money signings coming in. That's great.
"But in my eyes, we have a strategy, we have a strategy for playing and we trust in that. That's their way of doing it and certainly they are bringing in very good players - but they've still got to make it work out on the pitch and that's the challenge for the coach then.
"I still think it's not always the team that spends the most that is necessarily going out of the league.
"There will be a lot of factors that come into play, and you see how tight it is.
"But they are certainly getting stronger and they will be definitely up there come the end of the season, I'm sure."
As for players dropping down to non-League's top flight from League One, Burchnall said: "What I read into it is that there's not a huge difference in the quality of the football, the size of some of the clubs, from maybe mid-lower League One all the way down to the top end of the National League.
"When you look at the size of the fanbases, the clubs and the ambitions as well. It's also clubs that are ambitious to not just to go up once but maybe go again, like ourselves.
"We want to build something now that is sustainable long-term, that we want to develop. So players of course want to be involved in it.
"So players are coming down and playing in this league. I don't think it's the same kind of league it was maybe 15 or 20 years ago, when it was generally considered a part-time league.
"Clubs are (now) very professional, well run and you can see that by the level of competition. I also think some clubs want to try to get out as fast as possible and then they are going to invest big to try to make that happen.
"Again, each club has their own strategy and prerogative. We have ours and we stick with that.
"It just shows the strength of the league, really."
