"We were in a winning position late in the game and it was a bit like the St Kilda match (in round 18)," Roos said after the five-point loss to Geelong at ANZ Stadium.
"We have a young team out there and the footy we have played in the last month has probably been the best footy we have played in the last two years.
"We have played the best two sides in the competition over the past three weeks and we have lost one by a point and the other by five points.
"We had a genuine chance to win both of those games so the experience the younger guys are getting is invaluable.
"Our goal is to play as well as we can every week."
Roos said he was hopeful that the remaining two games of the season against Collingwood and Brisbane would see the same level of commitment.
He also said the hot form of Geelong's Gary Ablett wasn't unexpected.
Kieren Jack, Marty Mattner and Paul Bevan all tried to curb the brilliance of Ablett but none succeeded as the champion onballer gathered 44 possessions, eight clearances and booted a goal.
Ablett actually gathered eight more possessions than his three opponents put together.
Roos admitted there wasn’t much he could do when the superstar was in that kind of form.
"We had three players on him throughout the night but when he is playing that well it is very hard to stop him,” Roos said.
"We probably don’t have anyone with the size and strength other than Goodes but he is playing mainly forward.
"So, we had three guys have a crack at him and they weren’t all that successful."
Roos dismissed talk during the week that comments by Tim Watson about Ablett worrying about winning the Brownlow Medal would fire him up.
"At a press conference during the week I said he would get 50 possessions so I was only six short," Roos said.
"He is a super player and I didn’t hear what Tim said but he is way off the mark.
"He doesn’t need Tim Watson to fire him up. I mean he is favourite for the Brownlow, he is second or third in the coaches’ award so he has had a fantastic year and we are not the only ones he has destroyed.
"He is going to be an important player in the next couple of home and away games and in the finals. He is a great player."
Roos also said Goodes was still learning his role as a permanent forward but his class was still on display.
Goodes finished the match with 21 possessions, 12 marks and two goals at centre half-forward.
"You know Goodes is a class player and he is taking a little while to adjust to that role as you would imagine," Roos said.
"You saw periods of the game where he was fantastic and you saw periods of the game where he is still learning the role."
