Muduckace - you kinda quoted me out of context. As much a I love flying the 11 and am quite loyal to Douglas, I'd prefer after an excessively hard landing to see the gear come through the top of the wing ala BA @ LHR to seeing the gear stay attached but the wing break...
It's rare, and does seem to be the result of incorrect technique, but it's still happened 3x too often.
That said, to "achieve" that result, you REALLY have to slam it on.
So, no, I don't blame the machine. I do suggest that having the gear attach fail before the wing attach would be better! But if you my posts in their entirety, I think you'll find that on balance I'm an MD-11 defender.