I think the birthday thing has always been included in the commentary, for some reason i remember it being McGugan in UT for me and having just checked his birthday (bit sad) it's in October :lol:
Will probably get this as Fifa 12 is one of the only games I actually play online anymore. However it's clear that EA are just conning you as there is no way the 'new' features are a years worth of development. If they actually applied themselves the game could be 10x better but then they'd know...