Should be noted that the clubs at the bottom have more points than they did already at this point last season. 9 points and you could be in 15th after 12 games last year. I wouldn’t be confident surviving with only 30/32 points based on the season so far.
Ipswich are still a strange one for me, they have only lost 5 matches, which isn’t a lot for a team most are writing off, and they’ve grinded out some pretty decent points that you wouldn’t expect - Villa, Brighton, Spurs and ManU, but then come out worse against the poorer teams. They’re unpredictable, and still doing better than any of the promoted teams last year, which unsettles me.
Some of their lower league players are also showing signs that they’re improving and adapting with the step up. Others aren’t, but it’s not like they can’t strengthen the squad in January either. Suspect Leicester will do the same if the change in manager has anything to go by. People forget that last years 3 promoted sides were truly dross of which has never been seen before. Poor squads, poor management, continued trying the same thing over and over despite it never working and never changing things when needed ,and with the exception of Burnley, zero resources.