Oliver Collyer
@ovcollyer.com
Family man, Everton fan, co-founder of Sports Interactive Ltd, inventors of Championship Manager, makers of Football Manager. PA to two daughters, apparently. Personal account.
About to embark on a 12 hour flight without Wi-Fi.
Don’t ruin the first minute after landing, please Everton…
Don’t ruin the first minute after landing, please Everton…
February 7, 2026 at 10:57 AM
About to embark on a 12 hour flight without Wi-Fi.
Don’t ruin the first minute after landing, please Everton…
Don’t ruin the first minute after landing, please Everton…
Claude Code is very impressive indeed but we’re gonna look back at the 200K context limit like we look back at the 48K Sinclair Spectrum. We’ll wonder how we managed!
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Claude Code is very impressive indeed but we’re gonna look back at the 200K context limit like we look back at the 48K Sinclair Spectrum. We’ll wonder how we managed!
So which Everton will it be tonight? I simultaneously predict a 2-0 win, a 3-1 defeat and a dour 0-0 draw.
January 26, 2026 at 7:56 PM
So which Everton will it be tonight? I simultaneously predict a 2-0 win, a 3-1 defeat and a dour 0-0 draw.
4 mins added time too much apparently…ha!
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
4 mins added time too much apparently…ha!
Result of the season that.
January 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Result of the season that.
Armstrong completely at ease at this level. I wouldn’t send him back. How old is Gana again?
January 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Armstrong completely at ease at this level. I wouldn’t send him back. How old is Gana again?
Biggest implosion since the Titan. Well played blues.
January 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Biggest implosion since the Titan. Well played blues.
The odds of one of our players crossing the ball and it landing on a teammate’s head or foot (or even arse) is about the same as winning the lottery.
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The odds of one of our players crossing the ball and it landing on a teammate’s head or foot (or even arse) is about the same as winning the lottery.
Fair enough - try two pinball strikers and hope it bounces in!
January 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Fair enough - try two pinball strikers and hope it bounces in!
Another for DCL. Simple accurate cross, striker running in to tap it home. Looking forward to when Everton next do that…
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Another for DCL. Simple accurate cross, striker running in to tap it home. Looking forward to when Everton next do that…
Oh dear. How sad. Tiny violins for the RS.
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Oh dear. How sad. Tiny violins for the RS.
Would rather he hadn’t taken Alcaraz off.
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Would rather he hadn’t taken Alcaraz off.
Well the team sprit looked a bit dodgy when Gueye and Keane were swinging their handbags at each other but look at them all at the end after pulling that one off and sending the mancs home sobbing.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Well the team sprit looked a bit dodgy when Gueye and Keane were swinging their handbags at each other but look at them all at the end after pulling that one off and sending the mancs home sobbing.
Actually I’ve changed my mind, “dressing room cam” can only add to the viewing experience. Bring it on.
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Actually I’ve changed my mind, “dressing room cam” can only add to the viewing experience. Bring it on.
Yellow card for Mbeumo. Second yellow for the piece of second hand carpet dangling from his face, should be off.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yellow card for Mbeumo. Second yellow for the piece of second hand carpet dangling from his face, should be off.
I've used GitHub copilot a lot lately for some coding experiments. It's quite good at times, but also slightly resembles someone with early stage Alzheimer's. You think you're getting somewhere and then you realise it's forgotten a whole load of what was discussed before.
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I've used GitHub copilot a lot lately for some coding experiments. It's quite good at times, but also slightly resembles someone with early stage Alzheimer's. You think you're getting somewhere and then you realise it's forgotten a whole load of what was discussed before.
A painful watch after a nice 30 minutes. What happened to us, ffs. My eyes hurt.
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A painful watch after a nice 30 minutes. What happened to us, ffs. My eyes hurt.
Well Eintracht Frankfurt must be shit.
October 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Well Eintracht Frankfurt must be shit.
Nothing competes with the verbal abuse from a 17 year old daughter blaming me and “whatever I’ve done with the WiFi” for AWS taking down her social media.
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Nothing competes with the verbal abuse from a 17 year old daughter blaming me and “whatever I’ve done with the WiFi” for AWS taking down her social media.
Four defeats in a row. How sad.
October 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Four defeats in a row. How sad.
The performance in the first half gave me hope yesterday. More than had we started slowly and gone 2-0 down and then woke up as City eased off, an all too familiar scenario. Beto takes one or both of those chances and it changes the game and gives us a real chance of one or all three points.
October 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The performance in the first half gave me hope yesterday. More than had we started slowly and gone 2-0 down and then woke up as City eased off, an all too familiar scenario. Beto takes one or both of those chances and it changes the game and gives us a real chance of one or all three points.
So we just need to exchange Beto for Haaland so we can win games like that.
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So we just need to exchange Beto for Haaland so we can win games like that.