At this point im not even looking forward to the next episode if its more of this. We learned 2 new things in this ep.

1) Sai isn't a total douche.
2) Team Kakashi is fucked.


Without the use of his kyuubi I don't see any logical way for Naruto to "win"....logical....but thats what narutos good at, doing exactly what you think they won't do. For better or worse.