Roeder's Norwich are one of the lowest scoring teams in the division (Getty)

Roeder has targeted a new striker to stay until the summer but has so far failed to find one.

"There isn't a lot about, but I will continue to look. We are one of the lowest scorers in the division and it's costing us," he told BBC Radio Norfolk.

Roeder has already relied heavily on loanees with five in the current squad.

It was probably the most frustrating game I've been involved with at Norwich Norwich boss Glenn Roeder

Norwich have only won once in seven games and the Stoke defeat left them just five points above the Championship relegation zone with eight matches remaining.

Stoke's 60th-minute winner at Carrow Road came via a long throw-in which was headed on by Mamady Sidibe over the arms of Canaries keeper David Marshall.

"The goal was shocking, we worked hard for two days defending against set-plays and particularly long throws, but the one time we didn't deal with one it ends up in the back of the net," said Roeder.

The Canaries squandered several chances including a shot from point-blank range in stoppage-time from Jamie Cureton.

Roeder added: "It was probably the most frustrating game I've been involved with at Norwich. Over the 90 minutes we had so many chances, it's annoying we didn't put one away."