The Hammers have had back-to-back victories over Blackburn and
Curbs told the official site, "For the first time we're scoring goals and it's giving us something to hold onto. A lead gives us an opportunity to dig in and I didn't think that we were going to let in a goal during the second half today, which was great.
"It's a mental thing and, since I've been here, we've rarely got ahead, have been chasing games and finding things difficult but today we got our noses in front and gave ourselves a chance."