I don't know why the team Gai theory became so popular, but even if they did show up why would they join in to help naruto while the rest of the village just stayed there and watched? They would probably stay clear too.

Likewise, everyone is hoping for the kyuubi to appear while in fact it seems obvious to me since yamato gave his little speech that it will only appear again when naruto has complete control over it (my guess would be in the naruto vs sasuke fight)

Just because he lost his sage chakra doesn't mean he's completely useless, so i'm sure he'll manage to free himself and make good use of his last shadow clone in the following chapter