Aer Lingus like Shamrock Rovers

[pete]

Pretty sure O'Leary's quite happy Rovers have replied too, basically bumping it in the news.

Its a win-win-win. Ryanair & Rovers get free publicity & the media get to fill a space in their papers.

Ryanair & O'Leary are Irelands most successful company & businessman. You don't need to like him to acknowledge that. He also lives here & pays his taxes unlikely the likes of O'Brien, Smurfit, Desmonds, O'Reilly...

[fergalr]

I couldn't disagree more.

I really think Rovers got their response wrong here. O'Leary will be delighted with what they said, as it basically ba\cks up his analogy - and as most of the Irish public share his view of Irish football, it will have little effect on them either.

The Board should've pushed O'Leary onto the defensive - pointing out that, in these hard times, we all need to support our local industries, and that Ryanair seems happier to portray itself as being British than Irish. Now THAT would've got up O'Leary's nose - not simply stating a load of comments that’ll make him chuckle because they unwittingly support what he’s actually saying.
You don't get it do you.

There is no Rovers vs RyanAir thing going on here - they inhabit different media universes. The Rovers board saw an opportunity to get some get free publicity and they grabbed it. An exemplary case that all other LOI clubs should note.

[Larry 'da' Wyse]

What are the odds on Ryanair logo on Rovers shirts 09/10 season?;)


Just a pity the LoI won't allow 'em play a 7 -4 -7 formation :)

[SeanDrog]

Just a pity the LoI won't allow 'em play a 7 -4 -7 formation :)

:D so bad its actually funny

[Réiteoir]

It's just plane wrong that joke

[BohDiddley]

Since the 80s, Rovers have only won one league and No FAI Cups (1 if we're counting the Super cup...)
That's what I thought.
Maybe it's a bit like Ryanair telling you they'll fly you to London/Paris//Barca and actually landing a couple of counties or provinces away.

[HammerNThongs]

It's just plane wrong that joke

I dont expect Larrys comic career to take off from there!

[Sniffer]

Ryanair's flights remind me more of a shot from Jason Byrne; you know where it's supposed to land and if it does it's spectacular - but usually it's nowhere near its stated target.

[Réiteoir]

Or more Tony Grant - ends up heading for some desolate corner - well away from anywhere else

[stann]

Low fares start in the underworld eh? So what you're really saying is that 'I haven't a prayer of a chance'

:D
Very good! :)

[L37Ultra]

It's just plane wrong that joke

Nicely done :D

[VinnyDCFC]

I'm going to see if I can find a way to contact him so we can get a campaign going.

The best way to contact O'Leary is through this fella...

Ryanair's head of communications: Peter Sherrard

[rambler14]

I thought it was the greatest quote I ever heard on the news when he said it!


Aer Lingus are a lot like Shamrock Rovers.........they used to be big in the 50's and 60's but the world has moved on! There now kind of homeless and generally rudderless!

:D

[Magicme]

The best way to contact O'Leary is through this fella...

Ryanair's head of communications: Peter Sherrard

Don't you mean ex-Ryanair Head of Communications and now FAI Head of Communications?? :p

[dcfcsteve]

You don't get it do you.

There is no Rovers vs RyanAir thing going on here - they inhabit different media universes. The Rovers board saw an opportunity to get some get free publicity and they grabbed it. An exemplary case that all other LOI clubs should note.

If seeing the name 'Shamrock Rovers' in print is the sum total of what they hoped to achieve here, then fair play - they've succeeded.

But if they hope their "publicity" to achieve anything more here than that, then we all know it won't.

So there is nothing to "get".

[Calcio Jack]

If seeing the name 'Shamrock Rovers' in print is the sum total of what they hoped to achieve here, then fair play - they've succeeded.

But if they hope their "publicity" to achieve anything more here than that, then we all know it won't.

So there is nothing to "get".

Oh dear me...yet again you just don't get it...ho ho ho

[fergalr]

If seeing the name 'Shamrock Rovers' in print is the sum total of what they hoped to achieve here, then fair play - they've succeeded.

But if they hope their "publicity" to achieve anything more here than that, then we all know it won't.

So there is nothing to "get".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity

[dcfcsteve]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity

I'll try one more time, as the old adage that 'all publicity is good publicity' is just bullsh!t.

If Rovers just want to see the name of their club in print then fine - they succeeded. But if they want to achievbe anything more than that - e.g. convert anyone who sees it into supporters etc - there is nothing in their statement that will achieve that.

Rovers may as well have taken a can of spray paint and written the name of the club on a wall somewhere, as that's about as effective as the 'publicity' of having your name in-print with no clear response mechanism/purpose is. It will do nothign for the club.

[dcfcsteve]

Oh dear me...yet again you just don't get it...ho ho ho

Thankfully for the economy, I suspect from your response that you don't work in PR or advertising... :eek:

[Calcio Jack]

Thankfully for the economy, I suspect from your response that you don't work in PR or advertising... :eek:

That's way too clever and deep for me to understand but don't bother trying to explain it ... anyway happy Xmas

[fergalr]

Aye. Its the season of goodwill so Happy Christmas Steve.

[passerrby]

publicity is the key to sponsorship which is the key to revenue methinks

[gufcfan]

You may not always be right, but we'll always be Shamrock Rovers

Classic.

Well done Rovers.

[osarusan]

publicity is the key to sponsorship which is the key to revenue methinks

Depends on the kind of publicity, does it not? I can't imagine all the publicity Cork's examinership generated bringing in extra revenue through sponsors wanting to get involved.

And I don't see much in the Rovers statement that is going to make businesses more likely to get involved in sponsorship.

[mypost]

O'Leary featured on Langerland on RTE this week.

"He was delayed into the world by 4 hours, due to the late arrival of an incoming baby" :D