[Naotaka]

Originally Posted by Rahan

That's Kishimoto's limits. It's not the first time he has to make someone clearly state something that he failed to make clear through the acts of the characters.
example : Kakashi stating Naruto and Sakura make an impressive combination (second bell test, while they hadn't any teamwork) or that Naruto has surpassed him.

Now we have yet to see teamwork between Naruto and Sakura (in the 3 fights they took part later, Naruto let her handle one Akatsuki with a granny against Kakashi's orders, almost killed her, and told her to no interfere), no one takes Kakashi seriously, and for one small disadvantage against the Rinnegan, the Byakugan still has plenty of qualities over it, but Kishimoto wants us to believe what he said (and failed to draw).

Yea my thoughts exactly.