It's impossible to say without knowing the details, but in general just pushing on the yoke isn't going to make the plane land. The only way to make a plane land is to dump the speed, somehow. Just pushing on the yoke will not make it slow down; it will just push it into ground effect which keeps it gliding (or bouncing) along the runway, without slowing down very much. Unless one pushes hard enough to collapse the nosegear in which case the plane will slow down allright but only through the remains of the prop and cowlings grinding grooves in the tarmac.
If one is airborne then a full power go-around is the best way.
If one is on the runway then cutting the engine, jumping on the brakes, and perhaps driving the plane off the runway, would be the best way.
The Ryanair thing was different - they had no engine power to play with so had to go down.