I can moan with the best of them, and found myself in full-scale rant as I threw the tea cups around on Easter Monday.
So close to a point at Carlisle, we managed to lose vital ground in the race for automatic promotion by conceding a late goal having twice fought our way back into the contest.
Hell, I thought, if only we could have turned a few of our defeats into draws this season we would be in a strong position to seal one of those top three spots.
Then I had to have a sharp word with myself. What on earth was I moaning about? The defeat came on the back of six straight wins, a feat I cannot recollect Rovers achieving in the Football League for many a season.
In fact, now I think about it, perhaps conceding three points at Brunton Park was another of Darrell Clarke's cunning plans. What better way to dispel the Manager of the Month curse than by losing a game before you even win the award!
Seriously, though, the reason Rovers are in such a strong position at this moment in time is that quite often they have refused to settle for a point when all three are on offer.
I've written before about the way this special group of players have pulled victory out of the hat in the dying minutes, and the record is there for all to see.
Rovers have won 21 games this season, only bettered by runaway leaders Northampton and equalled by close promotion rivals Plymouth.
It's made for a thrilling ride, and if we can continue to turn draws into wins over the last few games of the season we could still be celebrating an automatic promotion.
To be honest, a run like Rovers have enjoyed recently can come with its own pressures. Teams can lose form but carry on eaking out wins for a while until the whole thing comes crashing down because their form has been waning.
From what I understand from the Carlisle game – and though I toyed with the idea of travelling, an 11pm finish at work the night before dissuaded me from getting up at 5am the following morning – we held our own after it seemed we might be overrun in the opening 20 minutes.
In fact an end-to-end contest could have gone either way and if Tom Parkes' header had sneaked inside the post in those frantic last 10 minutes Carlisle's spirit might have been broken.
Now we can wipe the slate clean and start another run. We certainly have a point to prove in Saturday's game against Crawley, having lost there in one of our more disappointing outings this season.
There's nothing to fear but fear itself, because our remaining games don't appear too taxing, apart from perhaps that trip to Northampton.
Let's enjoy the ride. Fortune favours the brave and I would venture to suggest that guts is a quality our manager has in abundance.
Nick Rippington is a sports journalist working on national newspapers in London but his spiritual home is the Mem. Nick has just written his first novel, a suspense thriller called Crossing The Whitewash, which is available in paperback or as an Ebook from Amazon at
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