I still maintain that slow, draggy aircraft with limited power flown into short strips demand the old method. Any wind gradient has more % effect the slower the airspeed, a prod with the stick and application of power usually does the trick... but it's the forward input on the stick that saves the day.
My experience is of biplanes and Cubs into postage stamps and I was thinking, definitely stick for airspeed but a combination of throttle and slip for ROD is what I use.
Kingy