The Lions, who slipped to a 48-point defeat, despite only trailing by seven points at three-quarter time, were smashed at the stoppages and struggled to get to grips with the Power’s defensive structure.
Voss was displeased with his side’s performance and even though they managed to get into a winning position heading into the final quarter, a lack of discipline proved costly.
“Most of our performance was pretty poor I would have thought,” he said after the game.
“We gave ourselves a chance in the last quarter to perhaps come over the top a little bit, but for most of the game, if you look at their clearances, we got absolutely smashed.
“The guys did well to get into that position (at three-quarter time) where they could be a chance to win, but the actual momentum of the game was pointing otherwise, apart from a small window of opportunity that we had.
“It was a credit to the guys to get into that position, but then a few undisciplined acts (referring to Jared Brennan’s head butt on Josh Carr) that we saw across the whole game, hurt us in the end.”
Port was dominant throughout the game at the stoppages, winning both the hit outs and the clearances comfortably.
Voss believes the Power’s midfield worked better as a whole, which was not helped by basic skill errors from his team.
“Their centre clearances, no matter what we did, we couldn’t stem them for any particular time.
“Then there were the fundamental things such as being able to kick to a lead and win the ball and we just didn’t do that as well as them.
“They ran the ball exceptionally well out from the stoppages and we didn’t lay a glove on them.”
The Lions have now had two last-quarter fade outs, after allowing Melbourne to kick six goals in the final term last week.
Voss said he wasn’t worried about the recent trend, instead focusing on the processes in the week beforehand.
“When you review everything you look across the whole week, you don’t just look at the weekend because the weekend is just sometimes the outcome,” he said.
“We’ve got to review the whole process and what we’ve done, and what we do at training and as a coach, that’s all you’ve got to go on.”
