Ray Parlour: the English lads were drinking, the French smoking and Arsenal still won the Double "On a Monday, Wednesday and Thursday people were dressed in tracksuits," Parlour said. On a Tuesday everyone turned up with their suits on. George [Graham] was trying to work out what was going on - but we were obviously going out on the town. Winterburn added: "It all stopped really when Arsène Wenger put a ban on drink being served in the lounge, and then Tony [Adams, the former captain] gave up drinking." Parlour defended Jack Wilshere following the Arsenal midfielder's apology earlier this season for being photographed out smoking. "Ten or 15 years ago that would never have happened," Parlour said. He probably didn't even drink that night, he's only had an odd cigarette and it won't do him that much damage. I used to go down the pub with all the supporters when we won a game at Highbury. I loved it and it wasn't a problem. Wenger is credited with revolutionising the preparation of players and their diet, not just at Arsenal, which are considered crucial as squads face increasingly demanding fixture schedules. Arsenal travel to Manchester City tomorrow just three days after a tough Champions League fixture away to Napoli and Mikel Arteta, the Gunners midfielder, claims that he is baffled by the limited preparation time for a match that could conceivably decide the Premier League title. Wenger's team returned from Italy at 4am on Thursday morning and must now travel to Manchester on Friday ahead of the 12.45pm kick-off on Saturday for a match that is being screened live on BT Sport. City, by contrast, had the advantage of playing on Tuesday against Bayern Munich and were also able to rotate seven of their first-team regulars, including Vincent Kompany, Yaya Touré, Sergio Agüero, Samir Nasri and Álvaro Negredo. While those players have had a full week to rest and focus on the chance to cut Arsenal's five-point lead at the top of the table, the preparations for Wenger's team will simple revolve around trying to recover physically, although he will at least be boosted by the possible return from injury of Bacary Sagna. "The mood is fine, the recovery time is very tight," Arteta said. I don't understand why we play Sunday afternoon [against Everton], Wednesday evening, get back at 4am and then play again on Saturday morning in Manchester. It will just be about recovery. It's not ideal. Wenger has complained regularly about the influence of television on kick-off times and argued for the Premier League to introduce an "ethics committee" that would oversee the schedule to ensure that no team receive an obvious advantage.