With the Hammers sitting pretty up in 7th place in the Premiership after playing only four games Pardew believes his squads work on the training ground is paying dividends.
He told the official site, “Sunday's training was the best session I have ever witnessed from a team as a manager or player.
“It was unbelievable, and I thought that if we play that way against Villa the following day then we'd have a great chance.
”Everyone was terrific and the energy from the players was amazing. The signs were certainly there from the players that we could put in a performance. But it is never a guarantee as any manager will tell you, so I was delighted to see the team go out and give a performance like that.
Pardew praised his team’s effort and in particular the effort of what is looking like a very solid defence, “Everyone was great for us.
“The back four were magnificent again and gave us a great platform to build on going forward. The midfield was full of energy and up front we were looking dangerous every time we went forward.
”We worked extremely hard and really forced the issue against a good team.
”Again we played a really open game, perhaps a bit more open than we would have liked at times.
”But to do that you have to have good individual players in your defence and we certainly have that. The likes of Anton Ferdinand, Danny Gabbidon and Paul Konchesky were outstanding, but if I had to pick one of the back four as the best on the night it would have to be Tomas Repka.
”Tomas has taken criticism in the past, but everything he did against Villa was outstanding.
”Their front two have pace and guile, so to keep a clean sheet against them was a really good effort.”