Thanks for all the good suggestions. I have been trying them and variations of them and hopefully soon, we will figure a way that he will take the drops a little more willingly and expediently.
I have managed to get them in last night and today as long as he is pretty much asleep and only one eye at a time (the other about 20-30 minutes later). The sneak attack seems to only work for one eye and then he knows what is coming for the other.
I think the cone is also a problem so the next set I am going to try with him out of it.
I think we will be fine over the weekend, where there is lots of time for me to wait until he is good and sleepy the problem will be during the week when I have to work - he is never sleepy those days.

I am adding some pics - I will do better ones later. The one in the x-pen is the day after surgery and the other is today but he was very sleepy.