Fox Footy co-host Mark Robinson looks set to leave AFL 360 after 14 years in the hot seat

[Rod Stroker]

I... don't get it. Still not clear why he's abruptly not on the show any more. He was supposed to be on tonight.
Fox not saying anything. Robbo not saying anything. Bizarre.

 

[calculon559]

Fox is adamant he's leaving

 

[Dipper]

His pairing with Whately is so incongruous that I'm convinced whoever came up with the idea got their inspiration from 1968 movie The Odd Couple; Whately reprising the Jack Lemmon character; a pedantic and condescending, neurotic pseudo-intellectual, with Robbo of course cut from the same cloth as the Walter Matthau character; an uncultured, heavy drinking oaf whose uncouth behaviour drives Lemmon to distraction.

It's genius really.

It was never about the football.

 

[Tugga27]

He was scheduled to be on tonight and wasn't.

That to me suggests it wasn't a mutual parting of the ways.
Sacked surely.

 

[Plugger35]

He was scheduled to be on tonight and wasn't.

That to me suggests it wasn't a mutual parting of the ways.
Sacked surely.

That wouldn't surprise me.

If other people turned up to work drunk or hungover or took as many days off as Robbo has they would probably be sacked too.

 

[Pistol Night]

That wouldn't surprise me.

If other people turned up to work drunk or hungover or took as many days off as Robbo has they would probably be sacked too.

Have they just noticed? We could all see it for years

 

[Bluelegs]

He was scheduled to be on tonight and wasn't.

That to me suggests it wasn't a mutual parting of the ways.
Sacked surely.

Looks that way. His health battles the past couple of years have really taken their toll and while he always had the odd week off here and there to deal with illness it became more and more frequent. I think the producers didn't think he was up to doing the show anymore and just chose not to renew his contract.

 

[Romeoh1]

I liked him on the show. Made it a bit different from all the other shows where everyone is so switched on.

 

[Erakor]

Had his moments where he clearly didn’t know much about anything. But other times I liked his passion.

The show worked because of Robbo and Wheatley are at two ends of the spectrum, both personality and their approach to footy analysis. Bit of Ying and Yang thing.

Met Robbo had some bar at 12.30am in the city after a footy game once. Spoke to him for like an hour. Nice guy. Just loves footy.

 

[BloodRet]

Love him or hate him show is dead without him

 

[Cleansweep17]

Love him or hate him show is dead without him

On the Couch is better imo.

 

[Bluelegs]

Love him or hate him show is dead without him

Yeah the show was already bloated with boring interviews and even 3 nights a week was pushing it for content.

Will be a worse version of Talking Footy without the Gerard/Robbo dynamic.

 

[Bluelegs]

On the Couch is better imo.

First Crack is the best footy show and is also the simplest. Put an extra episode on Wednesday/Thursday night to preview the upcoming round and that would be all you ever need.

 

[Wosh]

I’ve always enjoyed his style and emotion on 360, 14 years on one program is pretty amazing and it was a great ying and yang partnership with Whatley. I’ll miss his unique character on the show and I hope his health is ok.

Robbo inspired one of the great Bigfooty Legendary Threads and badges

Certified Legendary Thread - The Cult of Robbo Volume 3

It was no mistake TGO foresaw it

www.bigfooty.com

Part 1 https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/the-cult-of-robbo.671878/#post-16826074
Part 2 https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/the-cult-of-robbo-volume-2.927032/#post-23740589

 

[deck]

That to me suggests it wasn't a mutual parting of the ways.
Sacked surely.

Reports suggest he will still appear on Fox Footy in other ways.

 

[Vitalogy]

Massive piss head. Wasnt offered a new contract. He didnt turn up to a pre-prod meetings in 15 years... he sooked it up so thats why he didnt appear in the last show.

 

[hhjjjk]

Something about this stinks… the send off was very abrupt and not very warm. No montage, nothing. Jack would be a horrible replacement… to be honest the only person who ever does an Ok job of replacing him is Chief. Think it might become unwatchable next year - Robbo’s quirkiness and willingness to say whatever he thought was refreshing.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Yeah, his 'mutual departure' sounds about as mutual as Simmo's and West Coasts. He must've cracked the shits to not be on the show tonight.

 

[WillHayward]

His pairing with Whately is so incongruous that I'm convinced whoever came up with the idea got their inspiration from 1968 movie The Odd Couple; Whately reprising the Jack Lemmon character; a pedantic and condescending, neurotic pseudo-intellectual, with Robbo of course cut from the same cloth as the Walter Matthau character; an uncultured, heavy drinking oaf whose uncouth behaviour drives Lemmon to distraction.

It's genius really.

It was never about the football.

This is an absolutely fantastic description

 

[Bont the Lord]

Wasn't there footage of him arguing with someone at a pub?

 

[WillHayward]

First Crack is the best footy show and is also the simplest. Put an extra episode on Wednesday/Thursday night to preview the upcoming round and that would be all you ever need.

Is it still on?

 

[Bont the Lord]

Massive piss head. Wasnt offered a new contract. He didnt turn up to a pre-prod meetings in 15 years... he sooked it up so thats why he didnt appear in the last show.

Is that you Jack?

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Replace Robbo with Dermie and the show still works..

 

[Bluelegs]

Is it still on?

Been on every Sunday night all year.

 

[Bluelegs]

Replace Robbo with Dermie and the show still works..

Capper would be better.