Agree with gerks, bents and '65 here. The reason he is still inconsistent is because he hasn't fully matured physically yet. Compare his body to Maric's and he is still a baby. Even NickNat drifts in and out of games and he is considered a super ruck. Ty throws his body around than many young talls. Infact the love the mongrel this guy has and in a year or two he will be hurting plenty of opposition players with his attack on the ball.
I am obviously missing the "mongrel" big time because I don't see it; I really don't.
I rarely see him crashing packs, chasing his opponent, using his size to help his teammates. It was indictment on him in the 2nd qtr on Saturday night when against a 187cm HBF that Ty at 200cm couldn't out mark him. It was one of those "nearly marks" people speak of.
IMV Ty crashing packs is such a rare occurence it is the reason people question his intensity and mongrel
I dont' dispute for a minute he can play the game, he has fantastic skill for his size that's not the concern. It's the intensity, desperation, mongrel, perhaps killer instinct. His body language and attitude at times reminds me of (dare I say it) a version of Jayden Post with superior skill
Thought he showed some great signs of doing exactly what you want him to do WP in the second half - attack the ball in the air and on the ground. Lets see if he keeps this focus and attitude up next week
Not disputing his 2nd half was very good Stripes, have said that, acknowledged that.
But why did we have to wait until the 2nd half for the switch to be turned on?
It was as clear as day he obviously got a rocket because he was a totally different player in the 2nd half
It is because of what he showed in the 2nd half that he frustrates people, it simply doesn't happen enough. We get a good week (or half) then he goes missing for another 2, 3, 4 weeks
You say "
lets see if he keeps this focus and attitude up next week" and that is the issue we shouldn't be looking to see if he repeats it, that effort is what we want, what the teams needs week after week not the odd cameo every few weeks