[Salopbaggie]

While it's a nice idea in theory, I imagine employment law would probably stand in the way of performance-related deductions from a salary, and with good cause (it wouldn't hurt multi-millionaire footballers for a minute, but if the idea spread through society to be used against people on minimum wage it would be catastrophic).  Moreover, I'm not sure how much guys who are already set for life are really bothered about one-off financial bonuses or deductions either way.

It was only tongue in cheek, though I am not to sure that employment law would come into it and I do have some experience in the area. I understand your justifiable concerns, but those situations used to exist and while bankers and the likes walked away with muti-million pound bonuses, Joe Bloggs who was on 'peace work' was only paid on the basis of amount of productivity. Also we have to remember while footballers are under-contract, they are still technically self employed for tax reasons and because under employment law, letting them go would create no end of issues, if they were employees. I would have thought a player deduction would be more like you lowering the amount you paid a tradesman for doing a poor job, you pay some one to paint 4 walls and they only paint three would you pay them for painting all 4? You employ a striker to come score you some goals and they don't???