Cole Palmer needs clues for IShowSpeed's mystery footballer
A pronunciation mix-up on a video call becomes an unusually fast-starting Short for TNT Sports Football.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 299,278 views a day, 21 times a normal first day on this channel (14,150).
Cole Palmer was absolutely baffled 🤣
"Georgia," "PSG," "Number 7." IShowSpeed ends up supplying a miniature football quiz after Cole Palmer cannot work out whose name he is saying.
The answer is Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, but getting there takes a few attempts. In the split-screen call, Speed mentions a name that sounds like "Karva-Harva." Palmer responds with repeated questions before the clues finally make it click.
"Oh, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, I didn't know you were saying his name... my bad, my bad!" Palmer says. Speed throws his hands up, laughing. Palmer's explanation is simpler than the guessing game: "Nah, it's your accent, it's a mad accent."
TNT Sports Football posted the excerpt with credit to IShowSpeed's Twitch stream. It reached roughly 235,000 views in 15 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for Shorts. The comments pick up on Palmer's diplomatic explanation, while some viewers are still trying to decipher the name themselves.
It is not the channel's only off-pitch moment drawing an unusually large audience. Another Speed clip catches his disbelief at Eze not choosing Arsenal on EA FC, while a separate Short shows Real Betis and FC Porto supporters swapping scarves before kickoff. Alongside a slate of European match highlights, TNT's football stories also have room for a friendly exchange and a conversation that briefly needs subtitles of its own.
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What viewers say
So speed casually talking to Palmer now😂😂
@Vcbar-fpSee it on YouTubeNice of him to say it was the accent
@somethingcleverhereSee it on YouTubenot me thinking he was trying to say cole palmer
@owenaustin9921See it on YouTube
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- Channel
- TNT Sports Football
- Subscribers
- 6,480,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 10,376,772
- Channel views, pace per day
- 6,000,969 (on a normal day: 770,450)
- Video published
- October 15, 2026
- Video views so far
- 235,261 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 299,278
The numbers
The Palmer clip has already comfortably passed TNT Sports Football's usual full-day Shorts audience. The Eze clip and the pregame scarf exchange are also drawing unusually strong starts.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which country does Khvicha Kvaratskhelia represent internationally?
Kvaratskhelia represents Georgia, one of the clues Speed gives Palmer in the call.