Sam Allardyce joked that West Ham are on their way to winning the Premier League as his side remained in fifth place thanks a 2-1 win at West Brom on Tuesday.

The days of "Fat Sam Out" banners seen so often at Upton Park last season are nearly forgotten as Allardyce praised a productive summer for West Ham's success.

"We're going to win the league now," he joked. "Our summer of hard work and recruitment is paying off now. Our strength in depth is standing us in good stead now because we're having to use our squad to the maximum.

Kevin Nolan and James Tomkins cancelled out Craig Dawson's early opener to give the Hammers back-to-back victories.

"It wasn't a brilliant second half but it was resilient, coming from going behind and taking complete control of the game for the rest of the first half.

"I'm disappointed we didn't create more clear chances in the second half because I thought we were going to really push on. But to have seven efforts on target and five off by half time showed we were in dominant mood.

Through 13 Premier League games, West Ham are 11 points ahead of where they were at the same point last season, and Allardyce acknowledged the change is something to be admired.

"Twenty-four points at this stage of the season -- that's one hell of a turnaround from this time last year when we were almost in the bottom three."