West Ham United boss Manuel Pellegrini has taken 12 points from his first 12 games in charge.
Pellegrini has not won over all his doubters at West Ham yet, with the London side sitting in the bottom half of the Premier League table.
West Ham are in 13th place in the top flight, having picked up 12 points in 12 matches.
But Cole feels that the Hammers’ slightly slow start is as a result of the sizeable changes they made over the summer.
“You’ve got to understand, he’s come in, he’s had a hard job already,” Cole said. “We didn’t start too well but you’ve got to put that down to the players gelling.
“We’ve had a load of new players come in and as we saw with Everton it didn’t bode well for them [last season].
“They were struggling when they brought their players in, Sam Allardyce went over to steady the ship, it was a little bit like that.
“When you bring a load of players in, to get them gelling together all of a sudden is a big task. I think the manager has done a great job so far and we are going places.”
West Ham have had mixed success so far this season, with some of the new faces impressing, but others struggling.
Felipe Anderson has started to hit form in recent weeks, while Issa Diop and Fabian Balbuena have caught the eye at the back.
Jack Wilshere and Ryan Fredericks, on the other hand, are among the new additions who have struggled.
West Ham are next in action at the weekend when they take on Manchester City.
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