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Please consider the quote below before "firmly bringing the nose down on wheel spinup":
The NTSB therefore issued these safety recommendations to the FAA:
Require Boeing to revise its MD-11 Flight Crew Operating Manual to reemphasize high sink rate awareness during landing, the importance of momentarily maintaining landing pitch attitude after touchdown and using proper pitch attitude and power to cushion excess sink rate in the flare, and to go around in the event of a bounced landing. (A-11-68)
Yes, the nosewheel should be on the ground and chances are that you will need a nose-down input for that on the MD-11. You may even need a nose-down input just to maintain the landing pitch attitude after main gear touchdown.
However, one of the common factors coming out of the seminars on MD-11 landing incidents/accidents is a too-aggressive derotation after main gear touchdown. This has resulted in the recommendation to maintain the landing pitch attitude for one or two seconds ('momentarily') after main gear touchdown and thén starting a controlled derotation.
Your TM will have all the information from the seminars.