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title: "Neil: Ruddy doesn’t deserve criticism"
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author: "Sean Galea-Pace"
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published: "2015-11-06T19:58:28Z"
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# Neil: Ruddy doesn’t deserve criticism

Norwich boss, Alex Neil, has branded criticism of John Ruddy’s recent performances as ‘unfair’ despite the goalkeeper’s error that led to Norwich conceding a late penalty that ultimately lost them the game against Manchester City last weekend. He told BBC Radio Norfolk:

> John made an error at the weekend but it’s not as if he’s been flinging balls into the net or dropping balls on a regular basis. I think that’s really unfair – but any sort of error then gets magnified because we’re not winning games.

Ruddy has not kept a clean sheet all season and Norwich are without a win in the league since beating Bournemouth 3-1 in September.

![Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnorwich.com/readnorwich/2015/11/494168506.jpg)

There have been calls from a whole host of Norwich fans to drop Ruddy for tomorrow’s visit of Swansea and give Declan Rudd his long-awaited chance after years as back-up at Norwich. However, Neil has refused to drop Ruddy just for the sake of it.

> What you’ve got to remember is that in some positions there’s more competition than others, so the problem we’ve got is if you’re taking a player out of the team you’ve got to replace him with someone who’s either better or capable of doing the job. There’s no point in taking out someone to prove a point.

Norwich take on Swansea at Carrow Road tomorrow in what many fans describe as a “must win” game considering recent results.