Norwich City's John Ruddy praises Wigan Athletic 'blueprint'<br /><br />Norwich City goalkeeper John Ruddy has held up Wigan's seven-year spell in the Premier League as a "blueprint" for his own side to follow.<br />The relegation-threatened Latics secured a point with a 1-1 draw at Carrow Road on Sunday.<br />"They're the sort of blueprint you want to follow," 25-year-old Ruddy told BBC Radio Norfolk.<br /><br />"They've been in the Premier League seven years now and that's the kind of run we want to go on."<br />He added: "With the quality we've got in the squad and the quality of manager and assistant manager I'm sure we can do that.<br />"I hope Wigan stay in the league because they've got some good players and a good manager."<br />The Canaries, who have all but secured safety in their first top-flight campaign for seven years, were pegged back for large parts of the game by the league' s bottom side.<br />They have now gone four games without a win in a run that has taken in an FA Cup defeat by Leicester and single-goal losses to Manchester United and Stoke.<br />"We were sluggish by our own high standards that we've set," added Ruddy.<br />"I think you could feel that around the ground. The fans were waiting for something to happen rather than egging us on.<br />"The fans' expectation level here is extremely high. We were disappointed not to win our last home game against Manchester United.<br />"But it's a very valuable point from a below par performance."<br />The former Everton keeper once again bolstered his claim for an England call-up by making a string of saves to deny Roberto Martinez's side.<br />"As long as I'm getting credit from the players, manager and fans that's all that matters," he said.<br />"England is out of my hands - if you excuse the pun - and I've got no control over that.<br />"'If people want to pick me for England then they do. But as far as I'm concerned my bread and butter is here at Norwich and that's all I'm concentrating on."<br /><br />/football on Youtube brings you the latest football news, transfer rumours and footballin
