Seriously now....PERHAPS we can do this....
If we kickin off de game....instead of de usual tap de ball to de striker and pass it back, lookin fuh slow build up, do one of 2 things...
1 - Kick de ball down to one of de opposition wings....have Carlos and/or Whitley fly down (English style yes) de wings to get de ball.
2 - A ting we used to do at Fatima. Yuh touch de ball to yuh most skillful player....he shape like he passin back but instead...do a 180 and take de ball and run straight at de heart of de opposition.
The purpose of both is to put the opponent under immediate pressure. Compress de field (especially in point 1) and force dem to be on de back foot. Even if de ball go out fuh a throw, it go be deep in dem end...force dem to defend in dem own area one time.
Point 2 is more of a surprise tactic. De Fatima player who used to execute it to perfection was Curtis Marcellin. "Mano" (he faddah was Band leader Mano Marcellin) was very skillful and run stright at de defence. He was successful in that surprise tactic 80% of the time. Of course....if a team is ready for that one, it's less likely to work.
The idea still hoever is to put pressure on the opposition right away.
A padnah tell meh dat point 1 is what AC milan does do at the beginning of games. Kick de ball down long and run after it hard. They purposely make the game scrappy in the first 5 minutes or so. But from the "off", they have the opposition under pressure. It is a statement of INTENT right from the kickoff.