A wheeler will always use more runway than a 3-point landing.
Some flight manuals actually advocate slightly tailwheel first, but that always ends up with a pretty firm arrival.
I find a 3-point easiest on most light aircraft. The spring in Cessna steel undercarriages makes them prone to bounce with a wheeler but Tigers have a bit more damping in the system, it keeps the view ahead alive a bit longer aswell.
I recall an interview with Delmar Benjamin after he had flown the GB replica, where he said that he got aileron reversal in the 3-point attitude and ended up scraping a wing tip. It was wheeler (at 120mph) every time after that.