The following is the breed standard and opinions for the Staffordshire Bull Terrier: 

"The opinions are not meant to offend anyone, so take them as you will.  I have compiled them from various sources which I personally thought made good points about the breed standard"

General Appearance (from AKC Standard)
 

The Staffordshire Bull Terrier is a smooth-coated dog. It should be of great strength for its size and, although muscular, should be active and agile.

General Apperancee     (opinion)

Sounds Good

Head    (from AKC Standard)

Short, deep through, broad skull, very pronounced cheek muscles, distinct stop, short foreface, black nose. Pink (Dudley) nose to be considered a serious fault. 

Head    (opinion)

The standard says that the head should be short and the skull should be broad. It does not say that the head should be extremely short, neither does it say that the skull ought to be extremely broad.  An extremely short head is a great disadvantage to a fighting dog. It's often affected by breathing problems (listen to English Bulldogs and, yes, some of our show-winning staffords...) and you can forget about the fairy-tales telling you that a shorter jaw means a more powerful bite! Ya right tell that to an alligator. An extremely broad skull simply carries more weight.  Too small a head isn't good either, since history tells us it would have been easily hurt by his opponent.

It seems that the current trend at dogshows, is to praise those misbegotten broad & short heads . Look at "Jim the Dandy" (one of the dogs used as a model for the standard). His skull measured just over 17" and that skull was related to as being "broad". I wonder what the average skull-circumference of  present-day show winning stafford males... My male dog has a 17 1/2" head and regulary competes against dog with heads quite larger. 

Eyes    (from AKC Standard)

--Dark preferable, but may bear some relation to coat color. Round, of medium size, and set to look straight ahead. Light eyes or pink eye rims to be considered a fault, except that where the coat surrounding the eye is white the eye rim may be pink.

Eyes      (opinion)

Sounds good.

Ears     (from AKC Standard)

Rose or half-pricked and not large. Full drop or full prick to be considered a serious fault.

Ears     (opinion)

Please notice that half-pricked ears are correct.  Some will tell you to that "rose-ears" is an advantage to a fighting-dog. That's boloney - The shape of the ear is a cosmetic detail, not a functional detail.

Mouth       (from AKC Standard)

-A bite in which the outer side of the lower incisors touches the inner side of the upper incisors. The lips should be tight and clean. The badly undershot or overshot bite is a serious fault.

Mouth     (opinion)

Sounds good

Neck        (from AKC Standard)

The neck is muscular, rather short, clean in outline and gradually widening toward the shoulders.

Neck      (opinion)

"Muscular, rather short..." Yes, that's rather short, not very short. Again, take a look at "Jim the Dandy" . His neck was considered rather short...If you bring a dog with the neck of "Jim" to a present-day dogshow, do you think the judge would recognize your dog's neck as being rather short? (By all means, if you'd bring a dog like "Jim" to a present-day dogshow, he'd probably have to be judged alongside the APBT's...!)

Body       (from AKC Standard)

The body is close coupled, with a level topline, wide front, deep brisket and well sprung ribs being rather light in the loins.

Body    (opinion)

"...wide front, deep brisket..."
It doesn't read "extremely wide front, ridiculously deep brisket"...!
Then, why do we breed dogs like that?!
An extremely wide front calls for a very wide chest and that means a heavy dog. An athletic dog has a deep chest to make room for large lungs. Lungs are not storage-tanks, they're pumps and their efficiency is relative to the difference in volume between contraction and expansion. Thus, a barrel- chested dog has lungs with a short stroke while a dog with an almost narrow, but deep chest, has lungs with a long stroke. A chest that's both wide and deep is pleasing to the eye, but the extra width is a liability if you consider the efficiency/weight ratio.
The body is, by far, the biggest reason as to why present-day Staffords seldom match 38 lb with 16".

Forequarters     (from AKC Standard)

Legs straight and well boned, set rather far apart, without looseness at the shoulders and showing no weakness at the pasterns, from which point the feet turn out a little. Dewclaws on the forelegs may be removed. The feet should be well padded, strong and of medium size.

Forequarters    (opinion)

It says that the legs should be well boned. That's a functional feature since a dog's forelegs were supposed to be able to withstand tremendous punishment in a dogfight even though we do not fight dogs . It also helps create a balance of nice substance within the dog

Hindquarters        (from AKC Standard)

The hindquarters should be well muscled, hocks let down with stifles well bent. Legs should be parallel when viewed from behind. Dewclaws, if any, on the hind legs are generally removed. Feet as in front.

Hindquarters   (opinion)

 Notice that the standard doesn't call for heavy bone here.

Feet      (from AKC Standard)

Dewclaws on the forelegs may be removed. The feet should be well padded, strong and of medium size.

Feet     (opinion)

Sounds good

Tail     (from AKC Standard)

The tail is undocked, of medium length, low set, tapering to a point and carried rather low. It should not curl much and may be likened to an old-fashioned pump handle. A tail that is too long or badly curled is a fault.

Tail     (opinion)

The standard calls for a low-set tail. A low set tail calls for a sloping hip and that's important in a truly athletic dog. This long, sloping hip gives leverage to the thigh bone which means a strong backend.

Coat       (from AKC Standard)

Smooth, short and close to the skin, not to be trimmed or de-whiskered

Coat      (opinion)

Sounds good

Color       (from AKC Standard)

Red, fawn, white, black or blue, or any of these colors with white. Any shade of brindle or any shade of brindle with white. Black-and-tan or liver color to be disqualified.

Color   (opinion)

Sounds Good? 

Size, Proportion, Substance        (from AKC Standard)

Height at shoulder: 14 to 16 inches. Weight: Dogs, 28 to 38 pounds; bitches, 24 to 34 pounds, these heights being related to weights. Non-conformity with these limits is a fault. In proportion, the length of back, from withers to tail set, is equal to the distance from withers to ground.

Size     (opinion)

The standard calls for a dog to weigh between 28-38 lbs, and Bitches to be 24-34lbs with these heights being related to weights.  It's very specific on this point, and it clearly states ""Non-conformity with these limits is a fault".  How many of our show-winning males conform with this?  They seem to be more like 45-50 lbs at 16" tall  I say all this because I regularly weigh my male dog on a digital scale.  He is 15- 1/2" tall and his weight fluctuates between 38-40lbs, so he is slightly over standard for his height to weight ratio and actually at 40lbs he is over the standard anyways.   I have been to many shows  and lighter "standard" dogs seldom win.  Have you ever seen a stafford bitch in person that was 14"tall and only weighed 24lbs? According to the standard this would be correct weight for a 14" bitch, but good luck finding one that can accommodate to the correct height to weight ratio.  
I thought judges were supposed to pick the dog or bitch that matches the standard the best. Again the standard states "Non-conformity with these limits is a fault" .  Enough said on that subject.


Gait      (from AKC Standard)

Free, powerful and agile with economy of effort. Legs moving parallel when viewed from front or rear. Discernible drive from hind legs.

Gait      (opinion)

Sounds Good

Temperament     (from AKC Standard)

From the past history of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, the modern dog draws its character of indomitable courage, high intelligence, and tenacity. This, coupled with its affection for its friends, and children in particular, its off-duty quietness and trustworthy stability, makes it a foremost all-purpose dog.

Temperment      (opinion)

Sounds Good

Disqualification     (from AKC Standard)

Black-and-tan or liver color.

Disqualification     (opinion)

Sounds Ok