There's loads of statistical work that suggests that short corners/set pieces lead to better xG etc. I appreciate that goes against what we want to see in the matches, and my personal view is to mix it up so that you give the opposition different things to worry about. On Tuesday, to be fair, we often took a long corner dropped right on the keeper in the 6 yard box because of the windy conditions.Come on lad, I take you watch almost every game? We've been taking set pieces like that for months no matter what the weather conditions.
Maloney is clearly wanting us to keep the ball and not give it away cheaply, where teams can then threaten us in a counter-attack. I think he sees that as a particular vulnerability that we have.