I can understand the reasoning being doing what he did, I may have done the same if it was required of me by a friend/team mate. We would all prefere to send attacks with LS, but if we don't have them and you need to attack, with a LS fleet landing just before..so what? have a go, live a little..If it had worked you wouldn't have been slating him for it.
In contrast, I'm sure I remember teaching you in Nu to get you out of a few nooby habits such as this Skully, with your bireme attack fleet? lol