Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-5110462-20140507152631/@comment-17623-20140522105859

Most of the stuff Madara is pulling out of his ass has nothing to do with training. Remember, he only got the Rinnegan when he was so old he was about to die.

But honestly Kishimoto drew himself into a corner and he knew it by making Madara so unbelievably broken. The super power lottery overflowed and exploded with Madara and he couldn't logically make a situation where anyone but him was going to win without asspulling power to Naruto and Sasuke.