Beauty is, indeed, in the eye of the beholder.
Much was made before this encounter about the contrast in styles between Stephen Robinson’s robust, direct, super-organised St Mirren and the more risky, passing-centric philosophy expounded by Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou.
You could maybe even argue it reflected wider discussions within football right now. You know, how so many people are becoming offended by Premier League leaders Arsenal, for example, so often written off as wimps and softies, suddenly using set-pieces as a central weapon in their armoury and becoming hugely difficult to create against.