Maloney expects another onslaught NRL Grand Final preview: Roosters v Sea Eagles Panellists Jason Stevens, Daniel Lane and Brad Walter preview the big match on Sunday with insights, analysis and fearless predictions. PT22M34S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2uz89 620 349 October 4, 2013 - 11:49PM James Maloney knows Manly are coming for him in the grand final. The Roosters pivot has missed 88 tackles this season, more than any player in the game. And while his defence has greatly improved under Trent Robinson, he is expecting the Sea Eagles to target him on Sunday. Stretched: Manly pushed the Roosters to the limit in the first week of the finals, and James Maloney knows a repeat is on the cards on Sunday. It's a tactic which worked in the corresponding game two years ago. Playing for the Warriors in the 2011 decider, he was forced to make 26 tackles, missing four of them. More to the point, his exertions without the ball reduced his effectiveness with it. He was forced to make the same amount of tackles when the teams played just three weeks ago, missing five. And he's bracing for Manly's lauded right-side attack - featuring Glenn Stewart, Jamie Lyon and Daly Cherry-Evans - to test him once again. "We know there will be plenty coming down our edge, that's a big strength of their's, so there's no doubt we will have some traffic to handle and some problems and questions will be asked," Maloney said. It's a good situation knowing if you do your job well you can go a long way to shutting them down. It's nice to have that sort of power in your hands. Now it's just a matter of making sure we do the job with the boys. The Roosters have based their season around defence and held the Sea Eagles scoreless in their last play-off encounter. Now they face the challenge of reproducing that effort. "A lot of the plays they run are going to be the same," Maloney said. We probably got caught out a couple of times by Jamie Lyon just getting numbers wrong down the field in yardage. We need to fix a few of those things up but ... it will come down to putting in a big effort. The amount of effort required for 80 minutes will be tremendous, we're going to need to make sure we don't clock off at all. At a Roosters members' forum earlier this year, Robinson was asked whether Maloney needed a "bodyguard," a role Tonie Carroll played for Darren Lockyer during their playing days for Brisbane and Queensland. "Jimmy is a very strong wrestler, he's got good techniques," Robinson said. It's not based on Jimmy's technique, it's his application to getting back, getting ready and set in defence. He's an outstanding reader of defence. There are two parts to it - are you a good defender and are you a good tackler. He's a very good defender, the combination he and Jenko [Michael Jennings] have formed [is strong]. We need to invest a bit more time on that. Jimmy's tackling is very good when he practises. He misses tackles but not critical tackles. Poll: Will Sonny Bill Williams stay in rugby league in 2014? Total votes: 346. Vote now: 2013 Grand Final winner