"It's a man's game, a physical game. You take some, you get some," he told Wanderers TV. "Sometimes you get a bashed nose but this is a contact sport.
"A lot of players don't like getting caught and make a meal of it, which is wrong.
"With all the cameras at games, you can tell whether it is deliberate or an accident. If it's deliberate, there needs to be punishment."
Meanwhile, Fulham and Bolton are being linked with a January swoop for Crystal Palace midfielder Ben Watson.