Former Aston Villa midfielder David Platt believes the club are doomed in their bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League.Remi Gardes side slipped to another defeat on Saturday, losing 2-1 at Stoke, and find themselves eight points from safety with just 11 games to play.Based on their showings so far this season, Platt believes that is too much of a gap for them to make up. Its shocking, Platt, speaking as a studio guest on Super Sunday, told Sky Sports.They had a couple of games where they put some points on the table but I dont hold out any hope for them staying in the Premier League and when teams drop down - especially on the back of winning so few games - its very difficult to bounce back. Remi Garde: His Villa side seem destined for the drop The Midlands club have struggled to maintain their Premier League status over the last few seasons and have ultimately managed to do so. Not this time though, according to Platt.Theyve looked for the last few years like they were going to get relegated, added the 49-year-old.There might be a lot of players in that dressing room who thought they were too good to go down and thats not what you need when you drop into the Championship because its a very difficult league. Theyve looked for the last few years like they were going to get relegated. Former Aston Villa player David Platt The players that theyve bought, theyve bought as Premier League players. If you are going to get rid of them, how are you going to get rid of them if theyre on big contracts.Its a great club - a Premier League club in every sense but not what theyre producing on the pitch.Also See:Arnautovic double downs VillaGarde: Defeat tough to takeGarde: Fans have right to protestVilla fixturesAsics Gel Kinsei 4 Mujer . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. Comprar Zapatillas Asics Onitsuka Tiger . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. http://www.asicsnimbus17.es/asics-hombre-running.html . Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. Asics Gel Kinsei 4 Comprar . Rousey will put her perfect 8-0 record and hardware on the line against another undefeated fighter, 7-0 Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Nevada on February 22nd. Zapatillas Asics Gt 2000 Mujer . Hey!" The lower tier of the School End of Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road was packed solid with a very festive-sounding Chelsea choral section in this particular part of South Africa Road London, W12.Angelo Mathews calf tear has ruled him out of the remainder of Australias tour, while allrounder Thisara Perera and left-arm wrist spinner Lakshan Sandakan have been released from the Sri Lanka squad for the fifth ODI. In place of these three players, Sri Lanka have drafted in batsmen Upul Tharanga and Niroshan Dickwella, as well as seam-bowling allrounder Dasun Shanaka.Mathews has not undergone a CT scan for the injury he sustained during the fourth ODI, but the team management has already confirmed he will be unavailable for the remaining ODI and two T20Is. Mathews had hobbled off the field during his innings on Wednesday and, though he returned to bat towards the end of the innings, had been substantially hampered by the injury.Perera had played all four ODIs as the primary seamer but, although he claimed 3 for 33 in Sri Lankas sole win, at Khettarama, he has since been less effective. Perera had also been droppped for the England tour, following a long stretch of modest returns.dddddddddddd He is effectively being replaced by Shanaka, who had some success in that tour of England and Ireland - he claimed three wickets in the first innings of Test at Headingley, and also took a five-wicket haul in an ODI against Ireland, in Dublin.Tharanga had also been somewhat effective in England, making a 53 not out and 40 from the lower middle order. Following Dilshans retirement, the selectors may wish to bat him at the top of the order again, though Dickwella is also a candidate for the opening spot. In his last three List A innings, against England Lions and Pakistan A, Dickwella hit 51, 44, and 60.Sri Lanka have already lost the ODI series. The final match is set to be played in Pallekele, on Sunday. ' ' '