Not true, QDM. In the Europa mono-wheel, de-crabbing is the only way to go, because any kind of wing-low landing will result in landing on an outrigger, and they're not designed to take that kind of punishment. But having said that, I agree with you in the more general case - unless there's a good reason not to do so, a wing-low landing is almost always going to be best in any light tail-dragger. That's definitely the case in every type I've flown except for the Europa
That's a very, very special case!
Following Langewiesche, perhaps I should have referred simply to 'light conventional gear aircraft'.
QDM