Joepilot,
I got so excited about Christmas I almost forgot to respond to your post, "When the bloke pushes the tail up he also changes the swash plate attitude - the disc will follow."
I think the bloke was pushing on the helicopter with the unspeakably rigid head. I thought that meant the disc's orientation with respect to the helicopter never changed. If this is so, then the disc won't follow, it will stay with the helicopter.