Related Clues:

• Needed a bath badly
• Performed poorly
• Small place to keep fish — smelt?
• Smelled a lot
• Really reeked
• Was lousy
• Needed a shower in the worst way
• Needed deodorizing
• Played pitifully
• Played horribly
• Played terribly
• Emitted horrible smells
• Smelled terrible
• Smelled horrible
• Was ripe