What to do on a bad day? Discussion

[anduincolfer]

Ok so I just fought an evenly matched opponent (3% stronger) and lost 6-1.

My entire DF + GK is rated ~4.5.
My opponent had 2 “strikers” rated 10.

Seeing how poorly my defense was playing I substituted 2 out at half time.
Subs played equally poor.

Same thing happened in my cup final last season where I lost 5-1 against an evenly matched opponent.

Tactics wise, last season I played defensive; this time I tried offense.

So my question is, what can we do in such situations to turn things around?
Any ideas?