What was more clear-cut, however, was how pleased he was with how far his side had come since its round five demolition by Geelong.
"I'm not too sure what to feel, actually," Voss said, after the 16-point loss.
"I said to them that if you bring that level of effort, then you're going to be able to match it with the best, and they really battled manfully right throughout the whole game.
"I don't think there was anyone we looked at and thought, 'you're not pulling your weight', or 'you're not trying to do something to help the team'.
"That was very pleasing because we had been working on that a fair bit over the course of the pre-season and the early part of the season.
"But, I'm also extremely disappointed because we had them on toast and we gave a couple of opportunities there for them and they took them as good teams do, and they were able to win the game.
"I don't know if pride is the right word but we certainly made progression, but at the same time, it was very disappointing we didn't get the win."
Voss said there was a significant difference between the side that was blown away by 93 points at Skilled Stadium four weeks ago and the side that led the Saints until the 16-minute mark of the final term on Sunday.
"We came away [from Geelong] and learned some really great, valuable lessons about what was required for us to be able to take the next step," he said.
"To our players' credit, they've been able to go back there and be pretty honest about those sorts of conversations and have really put it into practice.
"We've been slowly building that for quite a while, so to be able to see some sort of progression was great.
"In the early part of the year, we couldn't hit the side of a barn inside 50, and now we're being more precise when we're going forward. Our efficiency inside 50 and our skill component has gone up a lot.
"We also know there are some things we have to work on, and the group has high expectations of themselves so we'll keep looking for those things that make us better."
He also said it terrific to see his young players determined not to settle for second best.
"Young guys come in and play a game of football and they generally walk away happy with whatever happens," he said.
"The young kids that have come in are not happy just doing that. They want more, and that's the pleasing thing."
