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Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre has defended the clubs owners Fenway Sports Group ahead of a proposed ticket price protest by suggesting fans should be careful what they wish for. Maillot Zinedine Zidane . Supporters groups are planning the first walkout in Anfields 132-year history in the 77th minute of Saturdays match against Sunderland after a £77 match ticket (up from £59) and a £1,000 season ticket were announced this week.The club argue the new structure offers greater accessibility and affordability. This includes 45 per cent of match ticket prices decreasing, 64 per cent of season tickets reduced or staying the same in cost and around 1500 £9 tickets for category C games. Ayre told Sky Sports News HQ: We are not pricing anybody out - its the opposite. If anything we are trying to add to what is uniquely Anfield.We are trying to add more atmosphere coming from local people and younger people. We think we are ticking the right boxes and not the wrong ones. We are certainly not trying to turn fans into customers.Earlier this week fans group Spirit of Shankly criticised FSG, the clubs American owners, claiming they refused to respond directly to concerns during the consultation period and SoS and Spion Kop 1906 are now urging fans to act during the game.People should be careful what they wish for, added Ayre. For those of us who were around when we didnt have these types of owners making these type of decisions the club was in a real mess. No Sturridge problem Jurgen Klopp dismisses reports of Daniel Sturridge exit We have great owners - that £100m came interest-free and they dont take a penny out of this football club.People should make their own decisions but I feel absolutely we have made the right decision and have everyones best interests at heart.The protest plans are gathering momentum but it remains to be seen how many will actually take direct action on Saturday. Chief executive Ian Ayre welcomed Jurgen Klopp at Anfield in October Ayre urged those considering walking out to go back and look at the whole ticket package the club was offering.I respect everyones right to do what they think is right but for every fan thinking about that I would say Have a look at the facts, he added.You might be walking out for something you are not quite understanding. If people want to leave after 77 minutes that is disappointing but it shouldnt be because they feel the prices are wrong as there is something for everyone in there. Also See: Liverpool video Liverpool fixtures Liverpool stats Get a free ￡10 bet Maillot De Griezmann France . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. Maillot Lucas Digne France . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end.http:///...diarra-pas-cher.html . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91.Lewis Hamiltons off-track lifestyle cannot be criticised while he continues to produce on the track, according to this weeks F1 Report guests. In a rebuke to his critics, Hamilton told City AM this week: It doesnt matter what the pundits say - Oh hes off travelling and partying - I turn up and I win. Dont talk to me about what I can and cant do. I define who I am, Im not defined by what people say. I might be in 10 different countries in a week, but Ill turn up at the track and kill it.The Formula 1 Gossip column Despite the criticism of his off-track lifestyle, Hamilton has won the last two World Championships and remains locked in a dogfight for this years World Championship with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg after winning the United States and Mexican GPs last month. No matter what he is doing, if he turns up and produces a great result, then it doesnt matter what he is doing away from the race track because he is prepared in his mind and physically, Sky F1s Marc Priestley told this weeks F1 Report: Brazil preview. I think you have to judge it over three or four seasons and then perhaps look back. This is a long season, the longest we have ever had, and at the start of the season we saw him jetting off all over the place between races and you think maybe because it is a long and tiresome season that will come to play near the end.But in Austin and Mexico he has turned up like a new man, so you cant really judge him. Marc Priestley and F1 film maker Mario Muth believe they aren’t in a position to judge Lewis Hamilton over his lifestyle. The former McLaren mechanic also likened Hamiltons lifestyyle to that of Kimi Raikkonen, with whom he worked at Woking. Maillot Karim Benzema. .I remember when I was at McLaren and Kimi Raikkonen was at the height of his partying days and people criticised him left, right and centre, Priestley added. Yet at that time he was at the top of his game and one of the fastest drivers I have ever worked with. An established fan of social media, Hamilton frequently documents his own off-track activities for his fans, and F1 filmmaker Mario Muth suspects other drivers could be engaging in similar behaviour but with a lower profile. Whatever makes him faster, I think it is fine, said Muth. We just see more of what he is up to, Im not sure the others dont do the same thing. But he is just out there posting everything, so it gives people a reason to talk about it.He is obviously creating an image outside of F1 and these things help to do it, but we never saw Kimi - well, once, falling off a boat - but never really saw what he is doing. Nowadays it is very different. And Priestley believes globetrotting may be how Hamilton deals with the stress of being a modern F1 driver.Some things work for some certain people, he added. You could argue that you have to relax after a busy and stressful F1 weekend. Some people do that with their families, others go and party and travel.So we are not in a position to criticise him. Hes a triple world champion, he could go on to have more World Championships, so how could we possibly say he is not doing the right thing for him?Can Nico Rosberg clinch the title at Interlagos? Watch the Brazilian GP live on Sky Sports F1 on Sunday, the race begins at 4pm; Watch the whole race weekend with a NOW TV week pass - £10.99, no contract S do Senna T-shirts to be won! We have teamed up with www.t-lab.eu to give away great bends of the world t-shirts. Also See: What Nico needs to be champion The title race so far Whens the race on Sky? F1 Gossip Column Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '
