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Radials Rule
Not in the "light twin" either, but in general, I use manual thrust for hand flown approaches and landings whenever I can. Otherwise, I feel like I'm rusting and that I would subconsciously pay less attention to airspeed in my scan.
Makes sense to me in your situation and level of experience, but just seems inappropriate here (if that is what happened). My airline requires them to be used, so only in the sim for me.