XNA Framework: ContentManager.Content.Load<Texture2d>("10by10tile") is a 'method' but is used as a 'type'

Question

I'm sorry if this is insanely stupid, but I'm a total newbie when it comes to C# and especially the XNA Framework. I got the error message from above; why in the heck does it work for Platformer1's Player code but not for me?!

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input;
namespace WindowsGame1
{
    class Cell
    {
            public bool alive;
            public Texture2D CSprite;
            public int x
            {
                get { return x; }
                set { x = value; }
            }
            public int y
            {
                get { return y; }
                set { y = value; }
            }

        public void Draw(GameTime gameTime, SpriteBatch spriteBatch)
        {

        }

        public void Update(GameTime gameTime)
        {

        }

        protected override void LoadContent()
        {
            //spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);
            CSprite = new ContentManager.Load<Texture2D>("10by10tile"); // TODO: This does NOT work for some reason.
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

ContentManager.Load is a method. You don't need the "new" statement. Try:

protected override void LoadContent()
{
       CSprite = ContentManager.Load<Texture2D>("10by10tile");
}

Answer 2

I'm thinking that you may want to pass the instance of contentmanager - (this.Content from your Game class) - to your load content function.

protected override void LoadContent(ContentManager contentManager)
        {
            //spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);
            CSprite = contentManager.Load<Texture2D>("10by10tile");
        }

Edit: Not to palm you off or anything - but this is a simple - but useful tutorial to push you in the right direction with XNA, which should be able to show you all the basics you need.