He made the comments before one of the Livi games towards the end of the season. They appeared in the retard and the P & J. It's not the kind of thing the manager might be expected to come out and say regardless of how folk might already feel about it.
Any talk of a move for Dods has, recently, been paper speculation as CB has been to buys parading Hunt, Conway and ? (I forgot) as his new signings. If Yinited have been making illegal approaches then they should be lambasted for it and investigated, However, unless we actually have proof of this then these kinds of comments from CC could land him in just as much trouble.