Well over 5,500 readers had their say in our latest poll, with a plurality coming down in favour of central defence being Everton's greatest area of need this transfer window.

Roberto Martinez said last month that he was content with his squad but four successive League defeats and near disaster in the FA Cup have increased the scrutiny on his team, leading to speculation that he could use the window to strengthen.

The manager admitted that he would look at the goalkeeping situation in the wake of Tim Howard's injury and that was the part of the team that the second-highest number of poll voters deemed to be the most important with 32% of the votes.

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