Dundee United manager Jackie McNamara insists he will not be fazed by speculation linking his rising stars with moves away from the club - although he admits he will be pleased when the January transfer window closes.
Everton boss Roberto Martinez was at Tannadice on Sunday to see United come from behind to secure a 2-2 draw with in-form Hibernian thanks to substitute Brian Graham's last-gasp equaliser.
United's kids such as Ryan Gauld and John Souttar have been the centre of much attention already this season but McNamara is not fretting at the prospect of his men being linked with moves elsewhere in January.
He does concede, though, that he will be happier when the transfer window closes again.
McNamara said: "It's part of the game these days. You can't get away from it.
"There will be more of it in the next few weeks so I'll be happy when the window shuts.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's important that we keep them all so they can continue to learn their trade here.
"I was very happy with the response shown by the players here as they showed a lot of spirit.
"It was always going to be a difficult match against Hibs and we had to fight very hard for a draw."
Hibs boss Terry Butcher insisted he could not fault his players despite throwing away a two-goal lead.
He said: "The lads put an awful lot into the game.
"They gave me everything and it looked like we were going to get the three points.
"But we can't afford to be too disappointed as we are improving all the time and that is the main thing."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article