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Article: Ebbe Skovdahl's ability to keep his temper in check has been an admirable quality in his troubled reign at Pittodrie
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- February 20, 2000
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The quiet miracle that is Aberdeen's renaissance under their
patient, even-tempered Danish manager makes Michael Grant optimistic
that long-term plans can at last be made at Pittodrie
EBBE Skovdahl has achieved a miracle in his first season in
Scottish football. Not by hauling Aberdeen off the bottom of the
Scottish Premier League or escorting them into the CIS Insurance Cup
final - those feats have been merely heroic. His true marvel has
been to maintain an equable temper in conditions which really ought
to have quadrupled his 15-a-day smoking habit.
Aberdeen's recent recovery has been steady, unheralded, and
quietly impressive, reflecting the Dane's genial person-ality. In
training he ...