Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32900772-20170904113855/@comment-6769189-20170904225614

"we are still figuring out how we want to beat him" is way different than "hes so strong we cant find a logical way to get rid of him."

Madara hadn't even peaked in strength at that point. He wasn't even close to meeting his end goal and really had just become independently active. Kishi not planning his end makes sense because he just barely got started going all out.