Oz, I was being somewhat sarcastic in congratulating you on your flying skills, sorry if that was a touch unclear.
As I spent a good deal of my career hand flying without a flight director or auto pilot available I am very confident in my ability to hand fly if called upon to do so. While it may be worth a practise occasionally an EFATO is not the time to prove to one and all what a hot shot stick and rudder man you are. It's the time to free up capacity for you both to do your jobs, the penalties for getting the drills wrong are severe.
Being a good pilot is about so much more than the ability to hand fly (although that is essential), you'd do we'll to bear that in mind.