It’s the question that won’t go away and after another ugly Bulldogs loss, the doubts will only intensify.

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Did the Bulldogs make the right call blowing up their spine last year to accommodate former Tiger Lachlan Galvin in the No. 7 jersey.

There have been too few moments to suggest it was the right decision.

Once again, the Bulldogs attack struggled on Friday night despite enjoying plenty of ball in the Cowboys’ end.

Galvin was one of the Bulldogs’ better players, as he has been all season, but is he able to provide what a team needs from their chief playmaker?

“I can’t really understand moving him to be honest,” Braith Anasta said after the Bulldogs’ 28-12 loss to NQ.

“I’m sure Ciraldo is a very smart coach so he’s got his reasons for it, but I wouldn’t have done it and there have been a lot of decisions that have been crazy

“No one can question Lachlan Galvin’s effort, intensity, energy — he’s their most threatening player on the field. He really is every week.

“He had 10 to 20 runs but as good as that is … you’ve got to unlock the players around and create opportunities … at the moment you just know what Lachlan is going to do. It’s high-energy and he’s going to score a try now and then.

“But is he the halfback? Is he the answer?

“They made that big decision last year, they brought him to the club as a seven, Sexton gone, and they don’t want to talk about it but the fact is they haven’t been the same since.

“They’re in a position now where I believe they’ve got two five-eighths and when will they make the call. Are they going to make a call?”

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Galvin scored the first try against the Cowboys and was busy all night, running 14 times for 108 metres.

He is not to be blamed at all, but his game style just isn’t what this team needs at seven given some of the other players around him in key positions.

Forming combinations with certain players/positions is so crucial for a halfback, so the constant chopping and changing of the line up has probably played against him.

Ex-NRL star Michael Ennis noted this.

There have been a number of pundits, you played for Australia and I heard Andrew Johns say similar comments around where you think Lachlan Galvin is suited but at the moment the Bulldogs believe he is their best seven,” he said.

“I thought with a pre-season behind him to build some conversations, we’d see him grow into this footy side.

He started the season with Stephen Crichton on the left now he’s back on the right. Jacob Preston has switched sides. I don’t feel that helps him. You need those consistent combinations.

“For me Galvin is a busy half. He’s busy but one area he definitely needs to grow is his ability to unlock players’ strengths around him and create space and put them into positions where they can shine.

“He’s a running threat but I don’t see consistently those type of performances like we saw at Penrith where someone outside of them has a big night.

“At the moment three of their spine players are good runners of the footy but then that limits opportunities for blokes like Bronson Xerri and Stephen Crichton.”

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Ennis, a former dummy-half for the Bulldogs also mentioned the lack of creativity from hooker has made life difficult for Galvin and halves partner Matt Burton.

Bailey Hayward was moved to hooker last year, which forced Reed Mahoney out of the starting side and out of the club with a season to run on his deal.

Now a Cowboy, Mahoney was excellent against his old teammates.

Hayward is a decent player but his dummy-half craft has room for improvement.

“If they’re (Galvin and Burton) both runners, that’s where you need the creativity from your nine. They don’t have that right now,” Ennis said.

“Three of their spine players are runners of the footy but that limits Crichton and Xerri.

“Bailey Hayward is building but he’s been thrust into that position. If your nine doesn’t run and your two halves are just running threats then how do you put your back rowers and centres into space and into positions to thrive.

“There’s definitely decisions to be made.”