Phil Gould has hit the media again after the Canterbury Bulldogs shocked the Sydney Roosters on Saturday night. Much had been made of Gould reportedly taking over the coaching reigns from Trent Barrett in the build-up to the must-win match.

Gould scoffed at the reports last week and doubled down during Channel Nine’s 100% Footy after Canterbury upset the Roosters at Homebush.

“There was no pressure on Trent,” Gould said.

“I do know that Trent Barrett coached the team this week. Trent Barrett will be the coach of the Bulldogs long after I’m gone. He’s going to be a long-term coach for the club.

“All the stuff that was misrepresented and misspoken about… most of it is so childish and agenda-driven and personal grievances. I’ve been dealing with it for the most part of my career and it doesn’t affect me and I don’t worry about it and I laugh in their face with it.

“What they then try to do is get to people around me, so that I will respond.. they will write lies and write rubbish and write misrepresentation and hope that I will respond and tell the truth.

“I have never done it, I have never tried to protect my own image by putting others down. If I tell the truth about a lot of these other things, a lot of people will be very embarrassed.”

Canterbury play the Canberra Raiders this weekend.