He deserved the nomination at the time they would’ve compiled it but objectively, never deserved to win it. All the nominees are just imo and Lampard is a clear winner.
Even Eckert and Clement, both have done good jobs but still don’t deserve to be nominated. In 2021/22 when Cooper took Forest from to 3rd and promotion via playoffs, he nor Marco Silva won MOTY - it was Luton’s Nathan Jones. Both Southampton and Norwich have the resources to charge up the table and they did.
For me, the narrative around Boro was jarring. The triumphalism around them overtaking us was annoying and it was presume they’d keep top spot. The signs were there that they wouldn’t; poor Xmas results and their home record was not as good as ours or Ipswich. In reality, the gap between the two teams was always substantial.