I think Blake lost confidence and went from halfback, to winger....
When he burst onto the scene, the support play was the best by a way, up with the likes of Snake and Slater in later years.
His chip and chase tries were Amazing and I think every kid, myself included was running around trying them....great to watch but was a fine art reserved for special players (maybe why mine often bounced the WRONG way).
He was my favourite with Boyd back in the day and the slide in his career imo, was after 2 successive losses to a red hot Eels in 1982/83, if we win 1 or both of those games, he would have been been a Star half and up with he best players in the game....still gave me great memories back in the day, so thanks Phil Blake!!