Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge said yesterday Roughead did not believe the force of his trip on Demon Dom Tyson was excessive.The Hawks take on Fremantle at Patersons Stadium next Sunday with Jack Gunston (knee) expected to miss at least another week.The confusing role played by carry-over points was highlighted this week by footy boss Mark Evans, who plans to revamp the tribunal next year.Under his proposed system there would be no carry-over points and fines for offences like low-level trips and bumps.LISTEN TO SAM, ANDO AND HUDDO DEBATE ROUGHY AND STEVIE J IN THE LATEST EPISODE OF THE SUPERFOOTY PODCAST BELOW

Roughead accepted 93 carry-over points for a glancing blow while blocking Geelong s Cameron Guthrie in last year s preliminary final.Then when offered a reprimand for his bump on Sydney s Ben McGlynn earlier this year he had to accept a one-week ban and those 64 points because of the preliminary final points.Now he will again be penalised for those lingering points, a situation that will be erased if the AFL Commission accepts Evans new system.The single positive from Roughead accepting a week if charged is he carries only nine points into the finals series.Hodge said on Channel 7 that Coleman Medal leader Roughead was not put off by the match-day report. I don t think so, he kicked five goals and speaking to him afterwards he didn t think there was a lot in it with the contact side of things.