Spirits at Goodison Park have been lifted hugely by Sunday's 3-2 home win over Tottenham Hotspur. Not only did it haul the Blues four points clear of the relegation places, it offered a hint of the brighter future that supporters cannot quite grasp just yet.

That's understandable because, for all the excitement at the prospect of moving to a new stadium and the release of the PSR shackles, Everton have to remain a Premier League club for that brighter future to materialise.

David Moyes knows that and while he was delighted by what he saw from his side against Spurs, particularly in the first half when they took a three-goal lead into the break, he knows there is still plenty of work to do.

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That's why, ever since returning to the Blues' hotseat, Moyes has been vocal about the fact that the squad does need strengthening this month.

But with the club's financial problems of the past continuing to linger, this is another window in which Everton will have to box clever.

So with all that in mind, we asked our writers what the priority position should be for Moyes and the recruitment team during the reminder of the January transfer window...

Chris Beesley

We’re writing this on the anniversary of when Dixie Dean was born in 1907 and if I thought Everton could sign a prolific scorer who might go on to plunder even a quarter of the goals that the Blues record-breaker bagged, then I’d be telling David Moyes to prioritise a centre-forward. However, I fear that such attainable targets are like unicorns, in that they are mythical creatures in the winter window.

Almost a century ago now, back when transfer deadline day didn’t come until March, Everton were able to pluck the marksman that would go on to strike 383 times for them – the highest single figure at any English club – plus the never-to-be-beaten 60 goals in a season, from their own back yard as an 18-year-old Dean joined them from Tranmere Rovers in 1925, running the two-and-a-half miles from his home to put his name on the dotted line.

Kevin Campbell ended up saving Everton in 1999 because of a bizarre incident with the Trabzonspor president branding him a cannibal while Moyes himself was able to prise Nikica Jelavic from Rangers in 2012 but that was only because the Glasgow giants were on the brink of financial collapse.

But with no comparable easy wins right now, available strikers of a suitable ilk look few and far between.

Vitalii Mykolenko has struggled badly at times this season with no natural alternative other than Ashley Young, the club’s oldest ever outfield player, but generally the defence has not been a major problem for Everton so I would prioritise elsewhere.

Like many inside Goodison Park, this correspondent drew significant encouragement from what was by far Jesper Lindstrom’s most-promising display in a royal blue jersey to date against Tottenham Hotspur.

Given that the Danish international is a talent who Napoli shelled out €30million on as recently as the summer before last, perhaps the new manager can start getting the best out of him? Let’s hope so, but with Lindstrom and fellow loan man Jack Harrison both having laboured for much of the current campaign on the right wing and still without a goal or an assist between them, I think Everton should put the pursuit of a wide man who can both finish and create on the top of their list.

Matt Jones

Sunday's win over Tottenham was big. The mood has lifted, some tension has eased and there's suddenly hope that the current squad is not quite as limited as the previous manager portrayed.

Nevertheless, there are gaps to fill for David Moyes, Kevin Thelwell and the Everton recruitment team.

That was evident in the final stages against Tottenham as the Blues were somehow left clinging on after a dominant first 75 minutes. And as much as there was renewed attacking vigour about the team on Sunday, the clear deficiencies still lie in the final third.

It was intriguing that Moyes did not turn to Beto in the final stages with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Abdoulaye Doucoure toiling. The Portuguese forward has been frequently linked with a move away from the club too and if he was to leave, it would leave Everton short up top with Armando Broja and Youssef Chermiti sidelined with injuries.

But while Beto remains in place as back-up to Calvert-Lewin, the supporting attacking positions should be the top targets in the market.

Everton could definitely do with another winger, albeit there will be some hope that Jesper Lindstrom can now kick on after his brilliant display against Spurs. But another pacey option on the flanks could bring a different dynamic to the team and also potentially free up Iliman Ndiaye to play in a more central position.

Paul Wheelock

The injury to Armando Broja is problematic in so many ways. Firstly, you've got to feel for the player himself. He has rotten luck.

But looking at the bigger picture, the injury robs Everton of a back-up and a potential replacement to Dominic Calvert-Lewin. While the current Blues No.9 was back to his brilliant best against Tottenham Hotspur, no doubt delighted that he now has players in the same postcode as him again, supporting him and feeding him chances, but his long-term future remains uncertain the longer that contract goes unsigned.

The second half of this season could have been the perfect chance for Broja to show he could succeed Calvert-Lewin and lead the Everton attack at the club's magnificent new home. But given the severity of his injury, he is going to get very little opportunity to do that now.

Chelsea, as is their right, do not look they are going to allow the Blues to cut short the Albania international's spell at Goodison Park. That means David Moyes is unable to make another domestic loan. And, given the club still has to be wary of Profit and Sustainability Rules until the summer at least, that makes what was always going to be a tricky transfer window even trickier.

Everton could get around that by selling Beto to one of his suitors back in Italy. But can they really afford to do that given Youssef Chermiti, like Broja, is sidelined?

It's a lot for Moyes to weigh up, especially as he would no doubt like to add another options on the wings given the downturn in form of Jack Harrison, the club's other domestic loan, and the ongoing injury to Dwight McNeil.

Perhaps, then, the player the Blues should target then is someone who can play across the frontline, both as a centre-forward and on the flanks, to cover all bases.

What about that lad who scored Tottenham's injury-time consolation on Sunday? We can but dream.