Tim Sherwood has branded Aston Villa ’ s stars ‘ icing on the cake players ’ — urging them to toughen up before they host Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday night . Villa ’ s mini-revival has been halted by back-to-back defeats and Sherwood believes his star names must dig deep to avert their relegation crisis . He said : ‘ You look through QPR ’ s side and they ’ ve got a lot of players who are men with a lot of experience . Tim Sherwood has branded Aston Villa ’ s stars ‘ icing on the cake players ’ ahead of their match with QPR . Sherwood believes his star names must dig deep to solve their Premier League relegation crisis . ‘ We ’ ve got a few men — but a lot of pretty much icing on the cake players . I ’ m trying to get that mentality into them to start digging out results . It ’ s not what we ’ re cut out to do. ’ Sherwood insists Tuesday night 's clash is the most important of his managerial career — and that the same goes for most of his squad . ‘ For me , this is the biggest , ’ he said . ‘ This is huge for them and they have to be able to take it . If they can ’ t handle it , don ’ t be at this club and don ’ t be at the bottom of the league. ’ QPR will be without striker Eduardo Vargas on Tuesday evening , who has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee ligament injury . The 25-year-old Chilean international , on loan from Italian club Napoli , was hurt after scoring the opening goal in Saturday ’ s 4-1 win at West Bromwich Albion . Vargas will be out for 10 to 12 weeks and will miss his side ’ s seven remaining matches . QPR will be without striker Eduardo Vargas on Tuesday evening after he was injured previously . Vargas has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee ligament injury suffered at West Brom .
barn Villa face fellow relegation fighters whilst at derby Park on Monday . Villa manager Tim Sherwood says his players must dive deep to win . Sherwood labelled his stars ' icing on the cake ##walk ' on Monday .