Lake, who has often been chastised by Eade for his inconsistent ball work, again bore the brunt of the coach's criticism after Sunday's win over Hawthorn.
While the 28-year-old's work on key Hawk's forward Buddy Franklin was commendable, he often made bad decisions, prompting Eade's public attack.
"I thought he was playing for them with the way he kicked the ball back to them," he said wryly.
"There are a few elements of his game that he's got to work on and listen to the coach and coaching staff rather than do it his own way."
The 2007 best-and-fairest winner wouldn't enter into the specifics of his post-match chat with Eade, but said it began with his ball use.
"There's always something. You can never play the perfect game," he told afl.com.au.
"It's more when I've got the ball than when I don't that he talks to me about.
"There's a few things where there's room for improvement."
Lake said the Dogs were compromised by the loss of Ryan Hargrave early in the game and Jason Akermanis midway through.
"It's always hard, especially when you lose a defender," he said.
"It makes a massive difference because of the massive amount of rotations that go through the midfield and even down back and up forward, you lose one or two players, you don't get much of a chop out."
He also suggested the inaccurate goal-kicking from each side - there were 28 behinds scored - could stem from the players becoming fatigued due to the increasing pace of the game.
"At the start of the season the games have been quick. The first quarter against Collingwood [in round one], I don't think I've played as quick a game," he said.
"Maybe the guys are too fatigued when kicking for goal. I don't know the reason behind why [there were so many points] but maybe it's to do with that."
Lake said the Dogs had made a big point of winning Sunday's game after their disappointing loss to finals contender Collingwood two weeks ago.
"We classified it as an eight-point game because it would get us back among the top teams again," he said.
"Doesn't matter if it's pretty or ugly - it's four points and that's the main thing."
