I agree, but it's not one of my otherwise mad skillz.
plenty of capable peanut gallery-ers can chime in.
they were mostly scissors and yo-yo's with the occasional prop hanging wingovers, with intensive stick/throttle/flap management.
the best chance a fw has vs any of the spits is in the rolling scissors. if the spit can manage to take it either more vertical or into a sustained flat-turn, then the FW better get a kill fast or look for an oppt'y to extend and reacquire e for a new merge.