Minor detail!
I don't get this "it'll be easier this year", "no stand outs", etc.
Burnley, Luton, Sheff U and Leeds will be last year's Leicester, Southampton and Leeds equivalents. I can't see a 'surprise package' like Ipswich this time round, but a) that's what a surprise package is (a surprise!) so who knows, and b) there's anyway a few Championship sides from last year who continue to build and will be challengers this season (as others have named).
Hopefully with several more quality signings and needed depth added we can be among them too, but it isn't going to be that much easier than last season if at all, and we still have a lot of business to do if we're going to be serious challengers.