Coach Michael Voss sure of his role at the Brisbane Lions Embattled Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss after the loss to the West Coast Eagles. Picture: Chris Hyde. A DEFIANT Michael Voss is adamant he will remain Brisbane coach for the rest of 2013, despite the Lions crashing to their fifth defeat from seven games in yesterday's gut-wrenching loss to West Coast at the Gabba. It is understood the Lions board has given the out-of-contract Voss eight weeks to save his job, with his tenure likely to be reviewed after the Round 15 local clash against the Gold Coast. The 26-point loss to West Coast only adds more pressure on the besieged Voss. Brisbane battled manfully throughout the rain-affected arm-wrestle and held a slender lead early in the final quarter. But the Eagles finished over the top of the home side with four late goals to snuff out any chance of a repeat of last year's Round 10 upset, when the Lions beat West Coast by two points. There is no "honourable loss" column on the AFL ladder, so the defeat only turns up the heat at the Gabba, especially with Brisbane facing Essendon, Carlton, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong and Hawthorn in the next seven weeks. There is every chance Brisbane will be 2-11 when it takes on the Suns in Round 15, but Voss is standing firm. "What's been communicated to me from the board is that it will be dealt with at the end of the year, so that's as I understand it," he said. If it's changed. I'm sure I'll know ... what will be, will be. Voss insisted the speculation about his job is not having a negative impact on Brisbane's poor home-and-away campaign. It's not (distracting) for me. They're the things that go around a football team. For it to affect what happens inside, it would not be good for us," he said. That's the world you guys (media) live in. I don't live in that world. We are in the performance space; that means that you'll cast forward, that's not my job. My job is to be able to try and get this team ready, get the most out of the players. People can talk about those sorts of things but I'm not here to save my job; I'm here to do my job. It's just that simple for me. Nothing else really matters to me. Brisbane CEO Malcolm Holmes issued a statement yesterday saying: "The Brisbane Lions have consistently stated that the club's senior coaching position will not be reviewed until the end of the season. Meanwhile, Voss said veteran Simon Black was lucky just to play yesterday given he had been ill since Tuesday. Black was handed the subs vest in his comeback match from a knee injury and 12 touches in a little over a quarter of football. He's been ill for three days. It was very likely (he would be withdrawn), absolutely. Yesterday (Friday) he was very touch and go.