The MD-80's, especially the long body ones, land like crap. I had to utilize the push over technique to make anything approaching consistent landings. You've got to remember that you're using a little tab to move the whole elevator and when you're bleeding off speed carried for winds and gust factor, you can easily run out of elevator authority before the beast touches down. I used to trim back and hold forward control pressure when I had more than a ten knot speed additive to counteract this tendency, and I didn't appreciate having to pull shizzle like that to attempt to make a decent landing. In calm or low steady state wind you can get in the ballpark for a decent landing, but if you touch one of the mains down gently (I can't remember which one) the freakin spoilers deploy all at once and make the thing plop down like an old man getting into a lazy-boy. Bottom line, if you try to flare late you'll drive the mains into the ground.