I'll keep this in mind when creating my tactics in my real save, potentially with Palace.
You hit the nail on the head there. 6 goals scored, the fewest in the league, no in-game tweaks, minimal effort or consideration, not sure why I expected anything more than bottom. Lack of sleep does that.
If anything this absolute failure has given me even more of an incentive to create my own tactic with the help of those in this thread.