James McPake

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795 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 19 Feb

James McPake’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So getting back up there and just going and playing.

Yeah, and it was certainly the first time I've heard them and I've been sitting back thinking, when?

Because he gets the question probably since 10 games in after the fantastic start.

He gets the question week in, week out.

Are you title challengers?

Have you got a chance of winning this league?

And I thought he's handled it great.

The one thing I think I can guarantee, I don't think it'll be the first time he's mentioned it to the players.

I think within that dressing room, as the weeks were going on,

knowing Derek in the way he is and the way he motivates his teams, he would have been, that would have come up a lot earlier, Paul.

And it was actually good to hear him coming out and say it.

And I think Peter's right.

It was for me that the players will have heard that from Derek, but I think it was more for the fans and everyone about that.

No, just everybody relax.

We know where we are kind of thing.

We know what we're doing.

And it was refreshing to hear him coming out, because again, every week in my head, I'm thinking, when's he going to say it?

Because as I said, that question's coming from every single person that does an interview with Derek.

So to hear him say it the other night, I'm surprised, because I sat here maybe eight weeks ago and says, no, look,

I don't even think they'll be there or thereabouts come the end of the season.

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