“Sam Baldock is going home with the headlines again,” Allardyce told the official site. “Sam Baldock is looking like a big, big threat for everybody. I am sure the word will reverberate around football, you have to keep your eye on him when he plays at Upton Park.
“He hasn’t quite done it or had the same impact away from home yet. But he has been terrific here.
“Sam has scored two and was very unlucky not to have had three. The quality of our finishing today was really pleasing for me. The first goal saw Sam on the far post, outjumping someone who is six inches bigger than him to head it in.
“Then there was Julien Faubert’s finish and finally Sam’s volley off Freddie Piquionne’s flick. All the goals were earned rather than gifted.”
Overall the manager was pleased with the whole effort shown by his squad after their recent bad luck on the injury front.
“The whole team are giving everything they have got and at the moment with the shortage of numbers we have got at the minute, they are being asked to do that until other players come back. It was a fantastic victory to get back to back wins.
“It was great entertainment and we got three very good points.”