Clancy hails Troost ability after Rovers rout, admits to striker search 

Cork City goalkeeper Tein Troost reaches for an attempt on goal from Josh Honohan of Shamrock Rovers. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Tim Clancy believes Cork City could have shipped a double-figure drubbing against Shamrock Rovers without their Dutch goalkeeper and admits he might have to risk recruiting a free agent to cure his striker crisis.

City’s third defeat on the spin was the most emphatic in their return to the Premier Division, with the Hoops worthy of their four goals at Tallaght on Monday before Darragh Crowley plundered a late response to leave it 4-1.