Also, to the original question: no, don't think he's good enough for us. The fact he irritates the hell out of me and loves a goal at Tannadice doesn't help his case for me.
Long standing agreement between the clubs I believe, as due to late season flexibility in the TV times, it guarantees the Goodison derby to be on Sky/ESPN. Even though the Anfield derby is as well 99% of the time.