Seems to me this whole speed tape vs round dial argument is on the same vein as the old "3 vs 2 cockpit crew" argument, "metal skin vs fabric skin", "stagecoach vs railway" or "horse vs walking."
There are people who get to used to a certain way of doing things and are staunchly anti-change.
Not all change is for the better. But the in this case, I cannot see the benefits of old analogue gauges over modern MFDs.