Plus, they would be fighting a starship that wouldn't be moving much; if they learned tactics from the same people who educated Robau, they'd make a stand next to this enemy, resulting in a static cloud of debris.
Then again, Nero was found hovering next to the debris cloud, suggesting the cloud had near-zero orbital speed as well. Why weren't the starship pieces falling down? There might have been slow downward drift, admittedly, but there should have been rapid plunging instead!
Really, the timeframe wouldn't really allow Nero to reel up his drill, fight a mobile battle, then lower the drill again. And even if Nero had done that, the debris cloud would have no excuse being right next to the static and drilling Narada.
Timo Saloniemi
FWIW, the Millenium Falcon was in the battle at the start of First Contact. Scroll down a bit here: 
