Making sense of Kale's power in the TOP

I think it's much easier to say that Goku through fights with Jiren has received Zenkai boosts. It makes sense given how he did better in his 2nd fights with Kale and Jiren despite them both being stronger than the first time around. So SSB Goku (post Jiren fight)>SSG Goku (post Jiren fight)>Controlled BSSJ Kale>BSSJ Kale>SSB Goku>SSG Goku.

Makes much more sense than "gOKu wUz SUPpreSeD"

They can't receive zenkai boost anymore:

@wassely: Trunks said probably, that's the manga, Vegeta's statement is bullshit. Goku Black got zenkai boosts, Goku did better against stronger forms of Kale and Jiren than previously, SSBE, SSBKKX10, SSBKKX20, Ultra Instinct. Try again

The writing is too inconsistent tbh to make head or tail, in the anime or manga.

Makes sense to me, we know for a fact Goku grew in strength over that tournament so it's only natural this explanation makes sense. However, the suppression tactic does make sense as well, it's just not as simple of an answer. Suppression in that form is most likely possible down a minimal degree, as shown with previous forms of Super Saiyan (Mastered specifically) and the level of suppression that happens in DB in general. But regardless, the zenkai boost argument is far simpler and makes more sense. Besides, the zenkai boost limit mentioned is most likely due to incremental boosts giving less and less each time since their power has raised to such a high level. So simple zenkais, while still giving the same amount of strength per boost, ultimately give much less at this level of power because they simply have so much of it. It would take something as a intense as the Tournament of Power to get zenkais capable of shifting their power significantly.

It makes total sense in the manga if you consider Kale being stronger as a LSSJ than SSJ Kefla. As it would mean the LSSJ transformation is around or stronger than Blue. Then again, the name of her transformation is Berserk... but it is basically LSSJ with another name.

I can make sense of Kale's power.

SHE'S BROLY.