Ben McEvoy
Behind Lance Franklin's move to Sydney, McEvoy's trade from St Kilda to Hawthorn was the story of the trade period.
But nobody would have predicted that McEvoy would struggle to get a game in the brown and gold, with the Hawks often rating his understudy Jonathan Ceglar a more valuable ruckman.
Hawthorn's list obviously runs much, much deeper than St Kilda's at the moment - so naturally it's tougher landing a game there.
However the ruckman was good enough to play in the 2010 Grand Final replay for the Saints, and we can only surmise that Big Boy has come down a rung or two.
And we'd expect he is being paid at least twice as much as Ceglar.
Brodie Grundy
The ninth-placed Magpies had a few blokes go backwards in 2014.
But we think Brodie Grundy's quiet season typified Collingwood's transition from an up-and-coming top-four side to also-rans in the space of 12 months.
The 20-year-old had a stellar debut season last year, when he kept Darren Jolly out of the line-up.
But the second-year blues meant Grundy stagnated in 2014 and had a couple of long stints in the VFL.
Jeff Garlett
The small forward kicked just 12 majors for the year after leading the club for goals with 43 in 2013.
He remains without a contract for next year.
Garlett's poor form can be partly explained by the surgery he underwent at the end of last season, but more so by his inability to cope with the extra goalkicking responsibility created by Chris Yarran's move up the field and the extra attention he has attracted from opposition defenders.
The infamous pub brawl involving Mitch Robinson did not help his quest to win his way out of the magoos either.
Tom Scully 
Now in his third year at Spotless Stadium, the former Demon is a good midfielder and often goes unnoticed due to his run of the mill haircut, lack of tattoos and the fact he plays for a club people only watch when their team is playing against them.
But you know you are in trouble when you are used as run with player more often than not.
On a six-year, $6 million deal, he was meant to GWS's answer to Gary Ablett.
But on 2014's evidence, it doesn't look as though Scully is the ball-winning, line-breaking, match-winning player the Giants hoped for.
Luke Shuey
Credit to the onballer's steady improvement as the season progressed, but there's no doubt West Coast expected more from Shuey in 2014.
He is meant to be leading the next generation of Eagles into the finals. Instead it was left to old timer Matt Priddis to carry the load again this year.
Nothing wrong with Shuey's numbers in 2014. We just think he could have more impact in the big games, especially on the road.
On the slide: AFL's 2014 Falling Stars
