Gregg Ernst is credited with lifting the heaviest weight by any human. Two Ford Festivas including the drivers weighing 2,422kg in total, for those curious, with the Canadian, now 62, having warmed up for that record in 1993 by balancing two oxen on his back.
Someone ought to alert the adjudicators at Guinness World Records to the carrying that is being conducted by a 21-year-old Englishman at Stamford Bridge.
Cole Palmer has taken the tonnage of Chelsea Football Club on his shoulders this season and, thankfully for a stretched medical department, their £42.5million summer signing has shown no signs of buckling under the strain.
Manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted after this disappointing draw that when his team have nowhere to turn, their solution is to ‘give the ball’ to Palmer.
Palmer’s back strength is in spite of a few Chelsea fans suggesting this was a ‘spineless’ showing against Burnley, who had to play the second half without defender Lorenz Assignon following his second yellow and manager Vincent Kompany after his red card for protesting.
Palmer gave them a 1-0 lead — a penalty from which he confirmed his status as the coolest man in Chelsea as he produced a Panenka after waiting four minutes and 19 seconds for the refereeing team to get their act together — then the 10 men of Burnley made it 1-1 via Josh Cullen.
Palmer made it 2-1 when substitute Raheem Sterling flicked the ball in behind for him to apply the finish, only for the visitors to equalise again through Dara O’Shea.
It would be harsh to say the weight on Palmer includes more passengers than Ernst in those Fords. Chelsea’s young players are trying to compete, but there is no escaping the naivety in the way they have surrendered leads in each of their last
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