Rurounikeitaro said
A true Naruto fan would know that they are actually trying to make the anime catch up to the manga because people in Japan are angry that the anime is so far back.
Research before you speak
Ok you know you might be right (I really don't know what the people in Japan want). However, if I am wrong then why do they add all these filler episodes that are not in the manga and generally are subpar compared with the series (they didn't do this too much at the beginning). If the anime catches up with the manga then the story will have to split from what's occuring in the manga because each episode is more than one weeks worth of manga (generally). In my opinion, since the story line is so good this would lower the quality of the anime. After all the story lines which did depart from the anime were not as good (they seemed forced).
I suppose that my lack of research into the mindset of the Japanese people (who all obviously think the same way

) makes me less of a Naruto fan then one who actually has read all the manga and seen all the anime up until now.