Love how you guys post this panel but refuse to post what comes after that lol.
The Admirals watched Luffy attack them and the second a single Admiral bothered moving they casually stopped Luffy in his tracks unlike the Gorosei who were enraged, stalled by Cobra and incapable to catch up to a wounded Sabo. Also, 5 Gorosei versus 3 Admirals.
In every single way the Admirals looked superior