Gloucester have picked up two points from their opening two Prem losses of the season.
They recruited heavily over the summer after 19 players left, but the injuries, added to the many new faces, have forced Skivington to introduce players earlier than he planned.
Against the Saints they went 31-0 down in the first half before fighting back to lead 35-34, only to lose to a late penalty.
“You saw on the weekend the combinations didn’t quite click until the second half and you’re seeing a lot of our new signings and our young talent very early,” Skivington said.
“In an ideal world those guys are getting drip fed in around guys who have been around the system – particularly the attacking system.
“It’s an intense system the attack – you’ve got a lot of timing, a lot of detail and it’s a challenge when you throw in all these new signings and hope everyone will come together.
“You saw that around defence as well – there were four misreads in defence on the weekend around a couple of new combinations.”
