Ofc not THAT bad, bc it was the start of the season and there were things to play for so they had somewhat of a desire to perform. But still then they were shit. And now, since these guys have no thrive at all and there is nothing to play for, they just perform like in a training game.
As I said before, there is no point in coming with some fancy new tactics at this stage of the season, these players wont do it anyway. They just want the season to be over.