I wouldn't have said that most of them where even that good!
My personal experience with "Irish Staffords" has been a journey littered with untrustworthy dog dealing, money grabbing scumbags, who should be ashamed of themselves.
The lies I heard told and then heard repeated like they were gospel was outrageous.
Just an observation from a Yorkshire Terrier owner
Bloody good points SS, very few were awarded the holy grail of being called game dogs, but everyone today assume they all were.