Manager Graham Westley said that Bridges is a player with "a lot of off-the-ball intelligence" and that he "reads the game well".
For all West Ham's failings, Swansea deserve credit for how they performed here, passing the ball with intelligence and speed having weathered the early period of pressure.
"In the days when the agreement was put together, your main source of signals was high-frequency radio that could be transmitted for several thousand kilometres around the world, so you had a whole network of stations to monitor HF radio," says Australian National University professor Des Ball, an Australian intelligence expert.
"He is 5ft 7inotnot physically tall or great in stature but he is brilliant on the ball, has great intelligence and good mobility".
The strongest aspects of Friday's game were his ball skills, footballing intelligence and physical and mental strength.
If we had a crystal ball, using its intelligence to figure out how to be a thriftier, smarter, trendier traveler would bring a big payoff.
What modern western playwright would have the balls and the intelligence to write a Chimerica equivalent for Rabaah al-Adawiya?
United, once again, were abysmal, completely out-done by a Liverpool side that passed the ball with speed and intelligence and could easily have made it a more harrowing ordeal for their opponents.
His intelligence with the ball, his movement and he's scoring goals.
But for the most part Liverpool played with intelligence, distributing the ball sensibly and jealously guarding possession.
He is England's best defender, not to mention a natural on-field leader simply by virtue of his composure and intelligence on the ball.
