Nodding his agreement to her assessment, Marcus answered, "The rankings look good, even considering how early we are in the season." Not that he needed to tell her that, since he was sure Pansy knew the standings almost as well as he did.
"She can stop by the manor and hand it off to Rakey," he answered. "Since I don't live there any more she relishes any opportunity to help." And unlike his mother, the house elf was actually a positive reason to stop by, even if she tried to feed him every time he was there.
Knowing better than to trust Pansy's smile - the one she got right before she took out someone's metaphorical kneecaps - he said, "I'm sure you could manage to entertain anyone you'd like. And there are plenty of Quidditch players." That was about as forceful as he could get on the topic, because anything more might reveal too much about his own feelings, and that wasn't something he was quite ready to face just yet.