I like a bird with a full face, between being rectangular and square. The mask should be in proportion - better slightly long than being on the short side. The spots should be round and in proportion to the overall face. We have seen a few quite like this but only a few. There is much I dislike about the 'bottom half' of many of the winning birds of today.
Wing feathering, to start with, leaves much to be desired.
Many have no pattern at all and in recent years you must have noticed how feathers jut out at angles. Wing carriage is another sore point and when you look farther down where the feet are supposed to be what you really see is a mass of feathers and they are spreading out practically into a circle. I think the Eric Peake Ideal is a real challenge confronting our judges. Any changes will come slowly and I predict they will start on the bird's 'lower end' where changes are really wanted. We need style and grace back in our show birds.